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Property Tax Deduction/Credit Eligibility
Was your principal residence subject to local property taxes?
Payments-in-Lieu-of-Tax (P.I.L.O.T. payments) are not property taxes.
Totally and permanently disabled veterans who have a 100% exemption from local property taxes do not pay property taxes on their principal residence.
Division of Taxation
Official Site of The State of New Jersey