Tax Assessor
Donna Taylor, CTA, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
2022 Tax Rate: 2.767
2022 Ratio: 100%
2023 Prelim Tax List
** NEW ** TAX LIST ESTIMATOR & FAQ
Important Deadlines:
Tax Appeal Filing - January 15
(Post Card Assessment Notification is November 15)
Annual Reassessment & the Impact on Property Taxes
File TAX APPEALS securely on-line at: https://secure.njappealonline.com/ProdAppeals/Login.aspx?msg=SE&ReturnUrl=%2fProdAppeals%2fHome.aspx
Farmland Assessment Filing - August 1
Added Assessment Tax Appeal Filing - December 1
The Tax Assessor establishes values for all real property within the Borough. It is this valuation that is the basis for the Borough’s property tax levy. Assessments are based on the market value of each property. Taxpayers can appeal their property’s assessment with the Monmouth County Tax Board, on or before JANUARY 15TH, of each year.
Responsibilities of the Tax Assessor, in addition to establishing property values, include maintaining municipal tax records, including: property ownership and addresses, values, building and lot dimensions, and tax maps.
The Tax Assessor determines eligibility for all qualified farmland, tax exemptions, and deductions. Tax deductions available include: Senior Citizen, Disability, and the Surviving Spouse of a recipient of a deduction, Veteran, and Surviving Spouse of a Veteran. Please contact the Assessment Office to obtain applications for any of these programs.
Property Tax Deduction for Veterans or Surviving Spouses
TO QUALIFY, you must be an honorably discharged US Armed Forces war veteran, or the unmarried surviving spouse of such a war veteran or the surviving spouse of a serviceperson who served in time of war and died while on active duty.
You must be a property owner and a legal resident of New Jersey and, where applicable, prove that the deceased veteran or serviceperson was a legal resident of New Jersey.
Eligibility criteria must be met as of October 1 of the year prior to the tax year for which deduction is claimed.
Forms must be filed with the municipal tax assessor or tax collector.
$250 Real Property Tax Deduction for Senior Citizens, Disabled Persons or Surviving Spouses
An annual $250 deduction from real property taxes is provided for the dwelling of a qualified senior citizen, disabled person or surviving spouse of the recipient of a deduction (widow/widower).
TO QUALIFY, you must be age 65 or older, or a permanently and totally disabled individual, unable to be gainfully employed, or a surviving spouse, and age 55 at time of spouse's death by December 31st of the year before the deduction is requested.
You must be a legal resident of New Jersey for one year immediately prior to October 1st of the year before the deduction is requested.
You must be an owner of and a permanent resident in the dwelling on October 1st of the year the deduction is requested.
Income may be no more than $10,000 during the year for which the deduction is requested, excluding, with restrictions, monies received from social security, or Federal Government pension, disability and retirement programs or State, County, Municipal pension, disability and retirement programs.
Forms must be filed with the municipal tax assessor.
Property Tax Exemption for 100% Disabled Veterans or Surviving Spouses
Certain permanently and totally disabled war veterans or the surviving spouses (widows/widowers) of such disabled war veterans and servicepersons are granted a full property tax exemption on their dwelling house and the lot on which it is situated.
TO QUALIFY, you must be an honorably discharged veteran, who had active service in time of war in the US Armed Forces, or the unmarried surviving spouse of such a disabled veteran. Surviving spouses of servicepersons who died in active service in time of war also qualify. Disability must be certified as 100% permanent and total by the United States Veterans Administration.
You must be the owner and a permanent resident in the dwelling and legal resident of New Jersey. In the case of surviving spouses, the deceased spouse must also have been a legal resident of New Jersey.
Income and Expense Filing
Please Visit the Monmouth County Tax Board Portal at: https://taxboardportal.co.monmouth.nj.us/TaxBoardPortal/Home/Login for electronic filing of your Commercial Income and Expense. Should you prefer not to file electronically, forms are also available on the Log-in screen, or may be found on this website. Should you choose the paper method, please mail them to my attention at the Borough Hall. Thank you.
Annual Statement of Income and Expenses Form I & E-Commercial (MC4AB)
TAX MAPS - (updated 6/14/22)
FARMLAND ASSESSMENT (Annual Filing Deadline - August 1st)