{"id":70224,"date":"2016-06-24T05:31:43","date_gmt":"2016-06-24T09:31:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=70224"},"modified":"2016-06-23T21:55:52","modified_gmt":"2016-06-24T01:55:52","slug":"new-homeowners-register-with-nys-by-july-1-to-receive-a-star-credit-check-in-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=70224","title":{"rendered":"New Homeowners: Register with NYS by July 1 to Receive a STAR Credit Check in September"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"STAR<\/a>Those who register after July 1<\/span> will receive checks later in the fall; existing STAR recipients don\u2019t need to take any action \u2013 they will continue to receive the property tax exemption<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance is alerting new homeowners\u2014and those who recently purchased their homes\u2014to a change in the School Tax Relief (STAR) program. These homeowners\u2014including all who purchased their primary residence after August 1, 2015\u2014must register for STAR with New York State instead of applying with their assessor. Property owners who bought their home before May 1, 2014, will continue to receive the STAR exemption and don\u2019t need to take any action.<\/p>\n

New STAR applicants are eligible for the STAR credit rather than the STAR property tax exemption, which they may have received for previously owned properties. Homeowners will receive a STAR check instead of an exemption on their school property tax bill. The eligibility rules are the same.<\/p>\n

Because STAR is the only property tax exemption that is funded by New York State, it\u2019s more efficient for the program to be directly administered by the NYS Tax Department. Under the exemption program, taxpayers had to apply with their assessor\u2019s office and then register with New York State. To receive the STAR credit, taxpayers must only register with New York State.<\/p>\n

Homeowners who register by July 1<\/span> will receive a STAR check in September, which will be worth the same amount as the exemption. Those who register after July 1<\/span> will receive a check later. Homeowners in Nassau and Suffolk counties who register by July 1<\/span> will receive their STAR checks in October and December, respectively, because Long Island has later school tax billing dates.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy taking just a few minutes to register online or by phone for the new STAR credit, new STAR applicants will receive the benefit each year as long as they\u2019re eligible,\u201d said Commissioner of Taxation and Finance Jerry Boone. \u201cBe sure to register by July 1<\/span> to receive your check when your school taxes are due.\u201d<\/p>\n

Who must register?<\/p>\n

\u2022\u00a0Those who bought their home after August 1, 2015, must register with the Tax Department.
\n\u2022\u00a0Those who bought their home between May 1, 2014, and August 1, 2015, must register if:<\/p>\n

o they bought their home after the 2015 STAR application deadline<\/a>, or
\no they have never applied for the STAR benefit on their primary residence.<\/p>\n

Owners of homes purchased before May 1, 2014, don\u2019t need to take any action\u2014they will continue to receive the STAR exemption on their property tax bills.<\/p>\n

Easy registration online or by phone<\/p>\n

Register at the Tax Department\u2019s website<\/a>. For those without Internet access, telephone registration is also available at(518) 457-2036<\/a> from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

No change for current STAR and Enhanced STAR exemption recipients<\/p>\n

Current Basic and Enhanced STAR recipients will keep their exemptions as long as they continue to own their current home. Enhanced STAR is available to income-qualified homeowners 65 and older. For 2016, the Enhanced STAR income limit is $84,550.<\/p>\n

Current Enhanced STAR recipients who aren\u2019t enrolled in the\u00a0Income Verification Program<\/a> must, however, continue to file a renewal application with their local assessor each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Those who register after July 1 will receive checks later in the fall; existing STAR recipients don\u2019t need to take any action \u2013 they will continue to receive the property tax exemption The New York State Department of Taxation and Finance is alerting new homeowners\u2014and those who recently purchased their homes\u2014to a change in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70225,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=70224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/70225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}