Property owners in the Town of Essex no longer have to go to town hall to pay their taxes.
The town has launched a virtual City Hall system where people can pay online.
Jeffrey Morrison, Director of Corporate Services, says it's another level of convenience.
The town no longer accepts credit card payments over the phone and has a $1,000 limit on in-person payments by credit card because of a huge increase in fees.
The new system allows the town to add a 1.75% fee to credit card payments to compensate for the fee the cards charge.
That fee will be waived for the initial payment for 2019 property taxes.