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The Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector serves as the banker, tax collector, collection agent, and investment officer for the City and County of San Francisco.

Offices Closed & COVID-19 Response

Due to the San Francisco Department of Public Health Order for City residents to shelter in place, our City Hall offices are currently closed. In-person payments at City Hall will not be available during this time. If you have any further questions, please visit our Help Center or call 311.

The Office of the Treasurer & Tax Collector has taken several actions to alleviate the growing financial burdens on San Francisco taxpayers and to address the related economic downturn due to COVID-19. Learn more about property and business tax relief and find additional resources.

Business Registration Renewal Deadline

The 2021 Business Registration deadline has been deferred by four months from May 31, 2020 to September 30, 2020. Business Registration Certificates issued for 2019-2020 will remain valid through September 30, 2020. We will be posting the online Business Registration renewal form in early August.

Learn more about the deferral of the business registration deadline.

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Tax Deadlines

Jul31

Business Tax Quarterly Payment Due

Aug31

Business Personal Property Tax Payment

Sep30

Business Registration Renewal Filing and Payment Due

News & Updates

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Mayor London Breed Launches Second Summer of San Francisco Museums for All

Mayor London N. Breed today announced the second summer of the San Francisco Museums For All initiative, which will build upon last year’s program to provide free or reduced admissions to local museums and cultural institutions for low-income San Franciscans who receive public benefits, including Medi-Cal and CalFresh.

The San Francisco Museums For All program was created in collaboration with the Financial Justice Project, which works to ensure that lower-income residents receive discounts on fines and fees that place a disproportionate burden on low-income families, and to streamline eligibility processes for these discounts. It was also created in collaboration with San Francisco Grants for the Arts and the San Francisco Arts Commission.

Joint Statement on Addressing Systemic Racism - Office of Financial Empowerment & Financial Justice Project

On this Juneteenth, the San Francisco Office of Financial Empowerment and the San Francisco Financial Justice Project stand in solidarity with the Black community and all those who demand racial justice. A day that should be joyous is also one of sadness as we share the pain and outrage across the country sparked by the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless others. These murders are the result of a system and a society that fundamentally devalues Black experience, bodies, and lives. Our country must acknowledge, address, and eliminate systemic racism in all forms, including within the imposition of government fines and fees and the financial system.

50,000 San Francisco businesses got a behavioural intervention in their mailboxes - apolitical

San Francisco’s Office of the Treasurer and Tax Collector is responsible for collecting billions of dollars annually for San Francisco through various taxes and fees. While most taxpayers pay their taxes in full and on time, some taxpayers do not. These accounts become delinquent, requiring collection efforts. Collections can be time-consuming and costly.

Our Office values making evidence-based decisions to use limited resources effectively. We have recently seen success by adding random controlled testing of messages with behavioural insights to our collections. In the process, we have come to see ourselves as “choice architects” who use smart design to nudge constituents to do the right thing.

Everything You Know About CA Child Support is Probably Wrong - Video Narrated by W. Kamau Bell & Robert Reich

More than fifty organizations across California are coming together to launch a new, three-minute video, which advances the call for 100% of all parents' child support payments to be passed through to their children, and NOT be intercepted to go back into the state coffers.

The video highlights the story of Ronnell, whose fathers’ child support payments were intercepted when he was young. “If my father’s payments had come to us, there is so much we wouldn’t have had to go through,” he said. It also highlights research from our local pilot in San Francisco, which found that when parents’ government-owed child support debt was relieved and all of parents’ payments went to their kids, parents paid more regularly, and entire families benefited.

By the numbers

$5.4B

revenue collected annually

180+

taxes and fees collected

83K

customers served annually

102K

Registered Businesses

About the Treasurer

José Cisneros is the elected Treasurer for the City and County of San Francisco. As Treasurer, he serves as the City’s banker and Chief Investment Officer, managing all tax and revenue collection for San Francisco. Appointed in 2004, and first elected in 2005, Cisneros has used his experience in the tech and banking industries to enhance and modernize taxpayer systems and successfully manage the City’s portfolio through a major recession.

Treasurer Cisneros believes that his role of safeguarding the City’s money extends to all San Francisco residents, and continues to expand his role as a financial educator and advocate for low-income San Franciscans through award-winning programs like Kindergarten to College, Bank On San Francisco and the Financial Justice Project. Cisneros served as Vice Chair on the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans, and is currently Co-Chair of the Cities for Financial Empowerment Coalition.