You are paying taxes in the government for your personal properties annually. You know the consequences of not paying taxes. If your car is parking on a non-parking area, a huge truck will pull it off. Same situation you will have if you are not following the statutes of your county. What happen if you delay yourself in paying taxes? That act will have let you feel that you are in hell by the next few months.
Taxes are the citizen's responsibility to their respected government where they belong. This will help the government maintain and manage the nation in an efficient way by its services. You know that if you neglect your responsibility, many circumstances will be created in your life. You must always remember that paying taxes is a duty that you need to do as a citizen. If you will not pay your taxes as it's written in the exact time frame, your tax will be on delinquent tax list. These are the taxes (i.e. that are not paid in the exact time) contains the interests as a part of the punishment. Remember that the government needs the money at the right time. If the delinquent taxes are in its height, the properties that are not taken cared will be subjected to foreclosures. Hence, paying a "little later" or "nothing at all" will result to disaster. Delinquent tax sale is executed on the assets that are under in the list of delinquency because the government needs to find a way in acquiring the money that they are waiting for. This is smells good for the investors who either buy the tax certificates which are essentially a lien to delinquent properties. The purchaser pays the delinquent taxes, and in exchange owns the interests on that amount. Other investors may be interested on the foreclosed properties (due to delinquency) by "buy and sell" concepts.