The Division of Taxation mailed over 2 million homestead rebate checks for tax year 2006 to New Jersey residents this summer. In early August, approximately 1.2 million rebate checks went out to eligible senior and disabled homeowners, as well as to all eligible tenants, who had filed their applications by June 1, 2007. In mid-September, an additional 1.1 million rebate checks were sent to eligible nonsenior, nondisabled homeowners whose applications had been filed by August 15, 2007.
In mid-July, property tax reimbursement (PTR) checks for 2006 were mailed to almost 122,000 qualified senior and disabled homeowners who had filed their applications by June 1, 2007.
Checks for those who filed homestead rebate or PTR applications after the cutoff dates for the general check mailings will be issued as quickly as possible.
The extended deadline for New Jersey residents to file 2006 homestead rebate applications was October 31, 2007. The extended deadline for filing 2006 property tax reimbursement applications was October 31 as well.
Information about the Homestead Rebate and Property Tax Reimbursement Programs is available on the Division’s Web site at: www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation/relief.htm
