One Million Applications for Restored Property Tax Rebates in the Mail
Watch your mailbox. Governor Corzine announced this week that one million middle-income New Jersey homeowners will soon receive applications for Homestead Rebates, the direct property tax relief program recently restored in the 2010 budget.
"Despite the most challenging economic period for our nation and state in modern history, we were able to restore this much-needed direct property tax relief for New Jersey’s middle-income homeowners," Governor Corzine said. "All totaled, more than 1.5 million New Jersey senior and non-senior homeowners will receive more than $1.1 billion in rebates this year."
Non-senior homeowners with incomes between $50,000 and $75,000 will receive checks averaging about $700. Non-seniors with incomes below $50,000 will receive rebate checks averaging $900.
The rebates for non-senior homeowners were restored when the State’s tremendously successful Tax Amnesty program generated about $725 million. About $428 million in property tax relief has been restored to the FY10 Budget due to the Amnesty program, with $373 million going to the rebates. The rest of the revenue from the Amnesty program will go to help cover the $4 billion shortfall in the FY09 Budget.
Non-senior homeowners with incomes of $75,000 or less who were under 65 years of age and not disabled on December 31, 2008, started receiving 2008 homestead rebate applications in the mail on July 28. They will qualify for a 2008 rebate if they owned a home that was their principal residence on October 1, 2008, and paid property taxes on that home.
The filing deadline for non-senior and non-disabled homeowners is September 1, 2009. Those checks are scheduled to be mailed in October.
Checks for senior and disabled homeowners who filed by the original filing deadline of June 1 are scheduled to be mailed starting today. They are expected to average $1,300 for those with incomes under $100,000.
Homeowner rebate applications must be filed by phone or over the Internet. The homeowner rebate automated telephone filing system and the Internet filing application are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Once they receive their applications, homeowners can file by phone by calling 1-877-658-2972, or online.
For more information about the Homestead Rebate Program homeowners may call the Homestead Rebate Hotline at 1-888-238-1233 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Homestead rebate information is also available on the Division of Taxation’s Web site or their Automated Tax Information System at 1-800-323-4400. Text telephone service for the hearing impaired is provided at 1-800-286-6613 or 609-984-7300.
Homestead rebate applications are scheduled to be delivered to non-senior/non-disabled homeowners as follows:
Expected Delivery Dates:
Cape May, Union: July 27
Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Passaic: July 28
Morris, Ocean: July 31
Bergen, Burlington, Cumberland, Warren: August 3
Camden, Hudson, Hunterdon, Salem, Somerset: August 4
Atlantic, Essex, Monmouth, Sussex: August 7
"Despite the most challenging economic period for our nation and state in modern history, we were able to restore this much-needed direct property tax relief for New Jersey’s middle-income homeowners," Governor Corzine said. "All totaled, more than 1.5 million New Jersey senior and non-senior homeowners will receive more than $1.1 billion in rebates this year."
Non-senior homeowners with incomes between $50,000 and $75,000 will receive checks averaging about $700. Non-seniors with incomes below $50,000 will receive rebate checks averaging $900.
The rebates for non-senior homeowners were restored when the State’s tremendously successful Tax Amnesty program generated about $725 million. About $428 million in property tax relief has been restored to the FY10 Budget due to the Amnesty program, with $373 million going to the rebates. The rest of the revenue from the Amnesty program will go to help cover the $4 billion shortfall in the FY09 Budget.
Non-senior homeowners with incomes of $75,000 or less who were under 65 years of age and not disabled on December 31, 2008, started receiving 2008 homestead rebate applications in the mail on July 28. They will qualify for a 2008 rebate if they owned a home that was their principal residence on October 1, 2008, and paid property taxes on that home.
The filing deadline for non-senior and non-disabled homeowners is September 1, 2009. Those checks are scheduled to be mailed in October.
Checks for senior and disabled homeowners who filed by the original filing deadline of June 1 are scheduled to be mailed starting today. They are expected to average $1,300 for those with incomes under $100,000.
Homeowner rebate applications must be filed by phone or over the Internet. The homeowner rebate automated telephone filing system and the Internet filing application are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Once they receive their applications, homeowners can file by phone by calling 1-877-658-2972, or online.
For more information about the Homestead Rebate Program homeowners may call the Homestead Rebate Hotline at 1-888-238-1233 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Homestead rebate information is also available on the Division of Taxation’s Web site or their Automated Tax Information System at 1-800-323-4400. Text telephone service for the hearing impaired is provided at 1-800-286-6613 or 609-984-7300.
Homestead rebate applications are scheduled to be delivered to non-senior/non-disabled homeowners as follows:
Expected Delivery Dates:
Cape May, Union: July 27
Gloucester, Mercer, Middlesex, Passaic: July 28
Morris, Ocean: July 31
Bergen, Burlington, Cumberland, Warren: August 3
Camden, Hudson, Hunterdon, Salem, Somerset: August 4
Atlantic, Essex, Monmouth, Sussex: August 7
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