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The School Taxation Relief (STAR) Program FAQ

The School Tax Relief (STAR) Program FAQ (Updated 2021)

The School Tax Relief (STAR) plan offers property taxation relief to eligible New York State homeowners. Below, you can find a guide to frequently asked questions about the program. If you have farther questions well-nigh STAR, contact your New York Land Senator or call theSTAR helpline at 518-457-2036 from 8:30 a.m. to vii:xxx p.m. on weekdays and 8:30 a.one thousand. to 4:thirty p.m. on Saturdays.

What does it mean to exist a STAR recipient?

The School Tax Relief (STAR) program provides eligible homeowners in New York State with relief on their property taxes. If you lot are a STAR recipient, y'all receive the benefit in one of two ways:

• The STAR credit programme (open to any eligible homeowner whose income is $500,000 or less) provides you with a bank check in the post from the New York State Tax Department to apply to your school taxes. If yous currently receive your STAR do good as a reduction on your school tax neb (the STAR exemption), you may receive a greater do good if you lot switch to the STAR credit to receive a check instead.The value of the STAR credit savings may increase by as much as ii% each year, simply the value of the STAR exemption savings cannot increase. The STAR exemption savings can never exist higher than the STAR credit savings. To learn more virtually switching from the STAR exemption to the STAR credit, click hither.

• The STAR exemption plan The STAR exemption program is closed to all new applicants. If yous're a new homeowner or you weren't receiving the STAR exemption on your current dwelling in 2015, you tin can Register for the STAR credit to receive a check directly from New York State. If you have an existing STAR exemption, yous may need to reapply with your assessor if you are receiving the Basic STAR exemption and wish to use for the Enhanced STAR exemption, or if you continue to own the property but have filed a new deed. Click hither to acquire how to reapply.

Whether you lot receive the STAR exemption or the STAR credit, there are two parts to the STAR program: BASIC STAR and ENHANCED STAR.

Basic STAR

Who is eligible for Basic STAR?

available for owner-occupied, principal residences;
the income limit for the Basic STAR credit is $500,000 (the income limit for the Basic STAR exemption is $250,000);
based on the first $30,000 of the total value of a abode

How exercise I apply for BASIC STAR?

If yous take recently bought your domicile or have never applied for the STAR benefit on your current home, you only need to register for the STAR credit with the New York Country Tax Department once to receive a STAR credit check, and y'all will proceed to receive the annual benefit every bit long every bit you are eligible. You can register 24 hours a day, seven days a week at www.tax.ny.gov/star, or by telephone weekdays from 8:thirty a.k. to 4:30 p.k. (518-457-2036).

Enhanced STAR

Provides an increased benefit for the primary residences of senior citizens (age 65 and older) with qualifying incomes:

$88,050 or less for the 2020-2021 school twelvemonth,
$ninety,550 or less for the 2021-2022 school twelvemonth
based on the outset $70,700 of the full value of a dwelling house for the 2021-2022 school year.

The STAR do good applies only to schoolhouse district taxes. It doesn't apply to county, town, or city taxes, except in the cities of New York, Buffalo, Rochester, Yonkers, and Syracuse. In those 5 cities, the exemption is practical partly to city taxes and partly to school taxes.

Notation: Senior citizens receiving STAR may besides be eligible for the senior citizens exemption. Run across Senior citizens exemption to learn more.

Enhanced STAR Income Verification Program (IVP)

All Enhanced STAR recipients are required to participate in the Enhanced STAR Income Verification Program (IVP). In the first twelvemonth that you use for the Enhanced STAR exemption, your assessor will verify your eligibility based on the income data you provide. In the post-obit years, we will verify your income eligibility. You will not need to reapply for the exemption or provide copies of your tax returns to your local assessor. Click here to learn how to enroll in the IVP Program.

If you have an existing STAR exemption, you may need to reapply with your assessor if you are receiving the Basic STAR exemption and wish to apply for the Enhanced STAR exemption, or if you lot continue to ain the property but take filed a new deed. Click here to learn how to reapply.

Boosted Resource and Relevant Links:

STAR Resource Center
Local Official Addresses/Contact Information
Nassau County State Records Viewer (allows access to almost all information maintained past the Department of Cess including assessment roll data, district information, tax maps, property photographs, past taxes, tax rates, exemptions with amounts and comparable sales. )