Taxes

The Village of Windsor collects taxes for the Village, DeForest Area School District, Sun Prairie School District, Dane County, Madison Area Technical College, the State of Wisconsin and other special districts.

2024 tax bills will be mailed mid-December.

The Village does not know tax information for the current year until budgets are approved. This typically occurs in late November with tax bills generated and mailed in early to mid-December. Tax bills are also available on Access Dane in mid-December.

First Installment & Payment in Full Options
Pay to the Village of Windsor on, or before, January 31, 2025 (see details on tax bill). Include a copy of your tax bill or payment stub and place in the enclosed envelope with payment. Checks should be made payable to Village of Windsor. Mortgage escrow checks need to be endorsed, back of check signed, by all of the individuals listed on the check. 
  • Online (Convenience Fees Apply): Pay Online
    • Convenience Fee: Checking/Savings flat fee of $1.10, Credit/Debit/PayPal 3.0% fee. An additional fee of $0.50 will be added for payments below $100.
    • Amount must be between $5 and $15,000, if your tax bill is greater than $15,000 you would have to make multiple payments to total the tax bill.
  • Mail: Village of Windsor, 4084 Mueller Rd., DeForest, WI 53532. Payments received via mail with a United States Postal Service (USPS) postmark on or before December 31, 2024 will be credited as a 2024 payment. 
  • Drop box:  Place in drop box to right of the front doors of the Windsor Municipal Building, 4084 Mueller Rd., DeForest, WI 53532. Payments received prior to 8 am are credited to the day prior. 
  • In-person: Property tax payments are accepted in-person at the Windsor Municipal Building, 4084 Mueller Rd., DeForest, WI 53532 between the hours of 8 am and 4 pm, Monday to Friday. If you would like a receipt, please bring top portion of tax bill. Note: Windsor Municipal Building will be closed December 24, December 25, January 1 and January 15.

Second installment payments are due by July 31st to the Dane County Treasurer. 

 

Options for Tax Receipt

  • Use your cancelled check

  • Top portion of bill filled in by you

  • Print a receipt from Access Dane

  • Include a self-addressed, stamped envelope and entire tax bill with payment

 
Overpayments 
  • Refunds mailed 4th Wednesday in January for payments made in December.
  • Refunds mailed 4th Wednesday in February for payments made in January.
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