Make your payment in person by cash, check, credit card, debit card, or money order at City Hall, 407 Grant Street, Wausau. Our office hours are Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm.

Pay your taxes at one of the participating bank collection sites. Payments can be made at these sites from the time you receive your tax bill until July 31 each year.

You must present the remittance stub found at the bottom of your tax bill along with your payment.

Participating banks include:

• Associated Bank
• BMO Harris Bank
• Cloverbelt Credit Union
• CoVantage Credit Union
• Intercity State Bank 
• Marathon Bank
• Peoples State Bank
• Incredible Bank
• Prevail Bank

Mail your payment using the remittance advice located at the bottom of the tax bill. This should be detached and mailed in the enclosed envelope to:

CITY OF WAUSAU
PO BOX 78510
MILWAUKEE, WI 53278-8510

Installment payers will receive subsequent invoices and return envelopes prior to the April 30, and July 31 due dates or after remittance if a balance remains unpaid on a current installment.

• Do not mail the entire bill. Tax bills will not be returned.
• Please do not mail cash.
• Tax payments are credited by postmark for installment due dates.
• Receipts will not be mailed.

Mail early to ensure your payment is not late. Effective December 24, 2025, USPS postmarks now show the date mail is processed at a USPS sorting facility, which may not be the actual mailing date.

City Drop Boxes are conveniently located in front of City Hall on Grant Street or across from the post office by the drive up mail boxes on Forest Street. Payments deposited in the box on or before the tax deadline date will be honored. Please do not pay with cash if using one of the drop boxes.

There are several options to sign up to pay your taxes automatically by ACH. There is no charge for this service. This option allows you to choose if you'd like the full payment made on December 31, the full payment on January 31, or if you'd like to make installment payments on January 31, April 30, and July 31. The same form can be used to sign up for auto ACH, remove auto ACH, or to change banking information related to your current auto ACH.

To ensure accuracy, we ask that you provide a voided check or a document on bank letterhead with your routing/ABA number and account number no matter which method you use. This is encouraged but not required.

1. Online - Save time by completing our secure, online form. To fill out the form and submit it online, click here. 

2. By Mail - Print our paper form at Electronic Payment of Taxes Form and mail to us at:

Clerk Customer Service
City of Wausau
407 Grant Street
Wausau, WI 54403

3. In Person - Stop in at City Hall during our business hours to complete a paper form.

For all methods of submitting the form, please allow two week lead time to set up. It is important that we have time to set up the payment in our system properly and prenote the banking information.

When you sign up for this option, it stays in effect until you ask us to remove it. Your tax bill will say Electronic Payment at the top of the installment section if you are already signed up.

It is your responsibility to inform the City of Wausau of any changes to your banking information.

If your payment is returned for any reason, you will be charged a $45 returned payment fee by the City of Wausau.

Receipts will not be mailed after the transfer has taken place.

Should you have any questions regarding the sign-up process for this option, please feel free to contact Clerk Customer Service at (715) 261-6620.

A credit/debit card or electronic check tax payment may be made via ePayments, or by calling 1-833-610-5707.

You will be charged a convenience fee for processing your tax payment by credit card, debit card, or e-check.

There is a processing delay of up to 5 business days between the time you initiate the payment and we receive the payment when paying via credit/debit card or electronic check. If payment is not received by our office by the due date, it is considered late. Late payments incur interest and penalty charges per state statute.