Property Tax Deductions are administered by the Township and applied for in the Tax Assessor’s office.

The Qualifications for deductions are as follows:

Senior Citizen Deduction  -– Disability Deduction   -–  Surviving Spouse Deduction

• New Jersey Citizenship as of October 1 of the pre-tax year.
• Property Ownership as of October 1 of the pre-tax year.
• Residence in New Jersey and in Dwelling House as of October 1 of the pre-tax year.
• Senior Citizen – age 65 or more as of December 31 of the pre-tax year.
• Permanent and Total Disabled as of December 31 of the pre-tax year.
• Surviving Spouse Deduction – age 55 or more as of December 31 of the pre-tax year and at the time of spouse’s death.  Spouse must have been receiving either the Senior Citizen or Disability deduction on the same dwelling as the Surviving Spouse is claiming.
• Household income, not including Social Security, cannot exceed $10,000.  Other excludable income in place of Social Security can be Federal Government Retirement/Disability pension, Railroad Retirement or other State, County, Municipal or Federal pensions.  Please contact the Assessor’s office for the latest income guidelines as the Excludable income has a maximum amount of exclusion that changes each year.  

Only one of the above deductions may be received per principal residence regardless of the number of qualified claimants residing on the premises.  Vacation, summer or second homes do not qualify for any of the above deductions.

VETERAN DEDUCTION:

• Must have had active wartime service in the United States armed Forces and have been Honorably discharged.
• Active Wartime Service Periods for Veteran Deductions and Disabled Veteran Deductions:

v     Operation Iraqi Freedom                                         March 19,2003  -  Ongoing

v     Operation Enduring Freedom                                 September 11, 2001 – Ongoing

v     “Joint Endeavor/Joint Guard”                                   November 20, 1995 – June 20, 1998

v     “Restore Hope” Mission – Somalia                        December 5, 1992 – March 31, 1994

v     Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm                  August 2, 1990 – February 28, 1991

v     Panama Peacekeeping Mission                            December 20, 1989 – January 31, 1990

v     Grenada Peacekeeping Mission                            October 23, 1983 – November 21, 1983

v     Lebanon Peacekeeping Mission                            September 26, 1982 – December 1, 1987

v     Vietnam Conflict                                                        December 31, 1960 – May 7, 1975

v     Lebanon Crisis of 1958                                           July 1, 1958 – November 1, 1958

v     Korean Conflict                                                         June 23, 1950 – January 31, 1955

v     World War II                                                               September 16, 1940 – December 31, 1946

v     World War I                                                                April 6, 1917 – November 11, 1918

Note:  Peacekeeping Missions require a minimum of 14 days service in the actual combat zone except where service-incurred injury or disability occurs in the combat zone, then actual time served though less than 14 days, is sufficient for purposes of property tax exemption or deduction.  The 14 day requirement for Bosnia and Herzegovina may be met by services in one or both operations for 14 days continuously or in aggregate.  For Bosnia and Herzegovina combat zone also includes the airspace above those nations.