Office of the City Treasurer

ON-LINE AND TELEPHONE PROPERTY TAX AND SPECIAL IMPROVEMENT BILL PAYMENTS WILL BE UNAVAILABLE BEGINNING ON SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2026 AT 4:00 P.M. TO FACILITATE UPDATING THE RESIDENT ACCESS DATABASE AND PERFORMING SYSTEM MAINTENANCE.

MUNIS RESIDENT ACCESS SHOULD BE BACK ON-LINE BY WEDNESDAY, JUNE 08, 2026.

Effective December 24, 2025, the USPS moved their postmark application from local application to regional sorting centers. This means that your tax payment may not be postmarked on the day you deliver to the post office or place in the mailbox, unless you visit your local post office and request a manual postmark. To ensure your payment is received prior to the due date, please consider one of the following payment options:

Mail earlier than usual to ensure the payment is postmarked before the due date.
Use one of the convenient 24 hour drop boxes located at City Hall, Zeidler Municipal Building or Police District stations 2-7.
Pay online with ACH from checking or savings account; or with a credit/debit card with a 2.75% convenience fee.

2025 COMBINED PROPERTY TAXES

RESIDENT ACCESS TO VIEW OR PAY YOUR BILL, CLICK HERE

QUESTIONS ABOUT A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT/CHARGE ON YOUR BILL, CLICK HERE

PLEASE VERIFY YOU ARE ENROLLED IN TYLER AUTOPAY TO MAKE AN ELECTRONIC PAYMENT OF YOUR MONTHLY PROPERTY TAXES. BE SURE TO LOG INTO YOUR ACCOUNT THROUGH RESIDENT ACCESS AND VERIFY THE PAYMENT INFORMATION BEFORE JANUARY 30, 2026. CLICK HERE.

Tax Bill Payment Options

• Pay by Mail via U.S Postal Service - Pay by check using the return remittance envelope included with your tax bill. NO CASH PAYMENTS. Please note that the Postal Service has changed its delivery standards, so mail early to avoid late delivery and going tax delinquent.

• Use a Drop Box - Pay by check using the return remittance envelope included with your tax bill. NO CASH PAYMENTS.

Drop Boxes Available 24 hours a day, all year round:

- Inside City Hall Market Street Entrance

- Outside the Municipal Building on Market Street

Drop Box Available when the Building is Open, all year round:

- Broadway Entrance to Municipal Building

• Pay by Phone or Online – Call the Customer Services Division at 414-286-2240 or Pay Online by credit or debit card with a 2.75% convenience fee ($3.00 minimum) or ACH debit checking or savings with no convenience fee.

• Installment Payment Plan – The City of Milwaukee offers a ten-month, interest free property tax installment payment plan option to those who are unable to pay their bill in full. To qualify, your real estate tax bill must be more than $100 and you must make your first installment payment by January 31.

• Tyler Auto Pay – To have your monthly installment payment paid automatically, from either a checking / savings account, or by debit / credit card on the due date, please sign up for Tyler Auto Pay.

Please note that the daily cut-off time for Tyler Payments is 4:00 P.M. CST. Payments made after 4:00 P.M. are first settled, deposited, and paid to the City Treasurer on the next business day. For same day credit, your telephone (IVR) or on-line payment must be made before 4:00 P.M. CST.

• If using your bank’s Auto-Pay system, please have your payment sent to:

City Treasurer
City Hall, Room 103
200 East Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

Name and Address Changes

The ADDRESS CHANGE REQUEST that is on the back of every City of Milwaukee Property Tax Bill Payment Coupon is used only for mailing out tax payment receipts, tax refund checks, installment tax bills, and delinquent tax bills through November 30.

Any permanent change in ownership or name must be recorded with the Milwaukee County Register of Deeds. Any permanent change in owners’ mailing addresses must also be reported to and recorded with the City Assessor at City Hall, Room 507. Note, too, that the address change form is also available on the Office of the City Treasurer’s web site at: https://city.milwaukee.gov/Address#

If you are a new owner and the previous owner’s name is still on the tax bill, make sure you check off the change of address box on the front of the payment coupon, and complete the change of name and address section on the back side of the payment coupon, or the refund check will be sent to the previous owner.

Special Charges and Assessments

Outstanding special charges or assessments that have not been paid by mid-November may be added to your property tax bill and then must be collected as a tax as provided by Wisconsin State Statutes. Such special charges and assessments cannot be appealed, nor negotiated or compromised.

If you have any questions regarding a special charge or assessment added to your property tax bill, you should contact the department that is responsible for adding the special to the tax bill. Here is the contact list.