SENIOR
CITIZENS PROPERTY TAX ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
In
1977, the Neshaminy Board of School Directors adopted a Senior Citizens Property
Tax Assistance Program for the purpose of providing property tax relief to
senior citizens of low income.
This
program is entering its twenty-seventh year.
You may qualify if your household income is less than $15,000.
Rebates range from 10% to 100% of the school tax bill, up to a maximum of
$500.
If
you have not taken advantage of this program in prior years and believe you may
be eligible, we strongly encourage you to submit a request form.
In doing so, you will be joining over 225 senior citizens who participate
each year and have received almost 1.4 million dollars in rebates since 1977.
We hope that the amount for which you qualify helps you to partially
overcome today’s high cost of living for those on fixed incomes.
For
those individuals who have applied in the past, the instructions and request
form will be mailed to you in January 2005.
Persons who submit applications should
note the following details:
- Assistance
is applicable to the 2004 school real estate taxes only.
- Applications
for assistance are applicable only to the owners of real estate on which the
owner resides and which assistance is requested.
- At
least one of the owners requesting the assistance must have obtained the age
of 65 on or before December 31, 2004.
- A
widow or widower, who previously received the rebate based on the spouse’s
age, may still qualify if they are 50 years of age or older.
Review the instructions to determine if you qualify.
- Filing
dates for assistance shall be no earlier than January 1, 2005 and no later
than June 15, 2005 for 2004 school real estate taxes.
- The
amount of the refund shall be based on the total household’s gross income
from all sources for the calendar year 2004 and the school tax paid on the
property.
- Applications
will not be processed if they are not accompanied by the proper documents.
-More-
Property
Tax Assistance forms will be available the middle of January in the Neshaminy
School District Administrative Offices. The
forms may also be obtained from your local tax collector or you may contact the
school district accounting department at 752-6316.
Tax
Assistance Schedule:
IF TOTAL HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS:
REBATE % FACTOR
$ -0-
to
$ 5,499
100%
5,500
to
5,999
90%
6,000
to
6,499
80%
6,500
to
6,999
70%
7,000
to
7,499
60%
7,500
to
7,999
50%
8,000
to
8,499
40%
8,500
to
8,999
35%
9,000
to
9,999
25%
10,000
to
11,999
20%
12,000
to
12,999
15%
13,000
to
14,999
10%