HOA Dues

Hate to break it to you but whether or not you get a "bill" does not mean you don't owe money. A bill or notice of payment is just simply a reminder to pay a debt on a certain date. It isn't an excuse to not pay the bill if you don't see one. It's built into the HOA rules you pay dues whether or not you get notice.

BTW: Our HOA we paid monthly. Never sent out a bill to anyone. It was written in our CC&R's. Plus the payment box was at the front entrance at the mailboxes.

You knew you were in a HOA and an HOA requires payment. Maybe you can make payment arrangements before you go into collections.

I went through something similar with my phone bill recently. I hadn't receive a bill last month and when this month's Bill showed up, it has two months worth of bills and a late fee. I called and told the phone company the same thing, but the lady said "hey, you have an online account, so you could have easily gone online and seen the bill that way.". Didn't get anywhere after some back and forth.

Fortunately ,the bill wasn't crazy, so I paid it (then did a serious review of the service to take some things off to reduce it!). Although I still think it wouldn't have killed the phone company to take off the late fee, given my previous billing history (which is quite good,) I can see their point. Same thing here - you knew the assessments were paid quarterly and where the bills were supposed to be sent so you could have mailed a check and keep calling to ensure they had your contact information. If you racked up $600, that's about a year's worth, assuming you pay every three months. After two months, it should have occurred to you to follow up when you didn't hear anything.

I dont know what an auditor has to do with the bookkeeping piece of your situation, which usually keeps track of when the payments come in. At this point, I think the best you can do is talk to the board, tell them what happened and request a payment plan. Tell them what you were told and who you spoke to. I was treasurer of my HOA and I might give you one if you had a decent payment history but you'd have six months or so to pay it off. If you pay it off sooner, I'd drop the late charges. But that's just me.

However this ends, you may want to consider an automatic payment option so you know the bill will be paid on time. You can do that through your bank or the association may have a program. Good luck!

Ask them for a payment plan because you cant afford it.

No, we are 100% able to cancel late fees and interest without sending a 1099-C to the homeowner.

We cannot waive dues, but can offer payment plans with no penalties.

Augustin is asking some relevant questions. I think some of the posters here are being a bit unfair without getting all of the information. Beverly went on-line to pay and was surprised to see the $600 in past due Association fees when she was previously allowed to pay $150 quarterly. She did exactly as I would have done and phoned the property manager. The property manager gave her some lame excuse that the new auditor failed to add her to the quarterly payment list. My next move would be to contact a board member and ask for their assistance to straiten out the mistake.

She's not some deadbeat homeowner not paying their assessments. SHE WENT ON-LINE TO PAY. Some of the criticism on this site amazes me when all the facts are not presented. Beverly has yet to answer Augustin's questions. I, for one, am giving Beverly the benefit of the doubt if and when she returns to the site to clarify her position. I will be surprised if she does.