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The New Jersey Homestead Rebate
Program will provide property tax relief to eligible
homeowners through a tax credit on their property tax bill
instead of a direct rebate check. The NJ Department of
Treasury began mailing out Homestead Rebate application
packets to eligible residents in September.
Homeowners who meet the Homestead Rebate
eligibility requirements will receive a partial credit for
property taxes they paid in 2009 against their property tax
bills for the second quarter of 2011. To be eligible for the
program a person must be a New Jersey resident who owned a
principal residence on October 1, 2009, and paid property
taxes on that home and reported $75,000 or less in New
Jersey gross income in 2009, or if they are a senior or
disabled citizen with 2009 gross income of $150,000 or less.
The deadline for all
homeowners to file their Homestead Rebate applications was
November 1, 2010.
The Homestead Rebate
Program is different from the Senior Freeze (Property Tax
Reimbursement) Program. A comparison of the eligibility
requirements for these two programs can be found on the
Division’s website at:
www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/. Applications for the
Senior Freeze Program are also due by November 1.
For more information
on the Homestead Rebate Program, homeowners may call the
Division of Taxation’s Homestead Rebate Hotline at
1-888-238-1233 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday. Homestead benefit information is also available on
the Division’s website at
www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/2009homesteadinfo.shtml
and through its 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.
FAQs for Tax
Department
Q: When are my taxes
due?
A:
Municipal tax payments are due February 1, May 1, August 1,
November 1 each year. There is a 10-day grace period for
receiving payments.
Q: Will I have to
pay interest if my tax payment is late?
A: Yes. The late payment interest rate is 8%
on the first $1500 and 18% for any amount over $1500,
retroactive to the first of the month.
Q: How do I appeal
my taxes?
A.
To appeal your taxes, you need to fill out a form from the
Camden County Board of Taxation. Petitioners may download a
copy from the County Board of Taxation website:
http://www.camdencounty.com/government/offices-departments/board-taxation,
or may pick up a form or send a self addressed stamped
envelope to the Tax Board at the following address:
Camden County Board
of Taxation
520 Market Street- 7th Floor
Camden, NJ 08102-1218
856-225-5238
Fax 856-225-5242
Hours 8:30 a.m. –
4:30 p.m.
You may also
download a Petition of Appeal (Form A-1) from the New Jersey
Division of Taxation:
http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/pdf/other_forms/lpt/petappl.pdf
PLEASE NOTE: This form must be printed on
legal sized paper. Petitions are also available for
pick-up at the Camden County Satellite Office located at the
following address.
County Store at the
Voorhees Town Center
2015 Echelon Mall, 2nd Floor,
Voorhees, New Jersey 08043
(856) 566-2920
Monday-Friday, 10:00am to 9:00pm
Saturday - 10:00am to 5:30pm
Q: What is a tax
lien sale?
A.
A Tax Lien Sale, or Tax Certificate Sale is a public sale,
usually at auction, of the right to collect on a delinquent
taxpayer's debt. At the tax sale - held by the County,
generally once each year - title to the delinquent property
itself is not sold. What is sold is a tax sale certificate,
a lien on the property. What is purchased by the winning
bidder is not the deed to a property. The purchaser's money
pays the delinquent taxes to the County on behalf of the
delinquent property owner. In exchange, the purchaser is
given first lien position on title, ahead of mortgages,
deeds of trust, and judgments, subordinate only to State tax
liens.
For more
information, visit:
http://www.state.nj.us/dca/lgs/taxes/collection/elements_of_tax_sales_nj.shtml
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