Bitten by Supplemental Property Taxes -> OUCH

Today I opted out of our impound account due to the "reserve requirements" aka BS fees. When I called my local county tax Colllector today to send my local property tax bill to our home moving forwards, they informed me that I had never paid the supplemental taxes in 2006. The reason I missed it was because the bill was sent to the wrong home address last year. This had completely caught me off guard as being a rookie homeowner I never knew I would have to pay such taxes. I'm still pretty irritated that I have to pay this since it was so unexpected but I guess the faint bright side is that I can deduct the amount for our 2007 taxes.