Washington County made a record amount of money at Saturday’s tax auction.
The county was owed $509,840 in back taxes, including interest and penalties. It collected $1.24 million, nearly $733,000 more than the taxes owed.
County officials don’t like to call the figure a “profit” and instead refer to it as a “surplus.” The county keeps all the money it receives in excess of the taxes owed; the former owners get none of it.
It is unusual for the county to end up with so much. Last year, the county collected about $300,000 more than it was owed.
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