2025 Tax Bills

Soon Phelps County Collector Faith Barnes will be sending 2025 Real Estate and Personal Property tax bills to citizens who own property. Here are a few things to keep in mind concerning Assessed Valuation and tax bill amounts when you receive your bill:

Residential property values went up across the entire county this year due to the statutory requirement that our values follow real estate market values. The average Residential Assessed Value increase in Phelps County was approximately 10%. Agricultural and Commercial property values remained unchanged, except for new construction or changes in property condition.

If you call the Assessor’s Office concerning your tax bill, please remember that we cannot answer questions about the tax amount. In The Assessor’s Office, we are responsible only for property value; we would be happy to discuss any changes in the Assessed Value or Market Value of your property.

The spike of residential real estate values over the last several years has led to our Assessed Values falling out of compliance (90 - 110% of market value) with the Missouri State Tax Commission (STC). As a result, the 2025 assessment year will bring about a fairly large increase in assessed value for residential properties. Click the link below for more information, which includes a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) from the STC concerning their outlook and path forward.

2025 Reassessment Information

E-filing for 2025 is now open. You do not have to have a User Name and Password in order to e-File.

Simply click on the red "e-File Personal Property" tab to the left to begin. You will then enter your Account Number and ePIN to complete online filing.

Beginning on Monday, 15 April 2024, the new hours of operation for the Phelps County Assessor's Office will be

8:00 am - 4:30 pm

We are changing our hours to stay aligned with the operating hours of other offices in the Courthouse.