Double-check the Tax Man by Double-checking your Parcel Usage
Understandably, most hospital accounts payable departments are good at paying bills that come in the mail. However, when it comes to paying any bills that come in from the county tax collector, Arkansas non-profit hospital accounts payable departments should pause briefly before issuing payment. This is because there is a fair chance that a tax bill for property taxes is a tax bill that an Arkansas non-profit hospital does not owe.
For the reasons detailed below, Arkansas non-profit hospital accounts payable departments would be wise to pause to double-check which specific parcel (e.g., a specific area of real estate similar to a defined lot) the bill is for and whether that parcel is used exclusively for its hospital operations and whether other certain legal requirements are met. If all of the requirements are met, it is time for the hospital to communicate with the county assessor with the goal being to have the parce