WHERE’S MY STAR REBATE? REFUND CHECKS STAGGERED SAYS STATE

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WPCNR QUILL & EYESHADE. November 8, 2014:

Some residents have complained to WPCNR they have not yet gotten their STAR property tax rebate check. That rebate was ballyhooed by the state legislature and the Governor, as having the effect of freezing residents’ property tax payments at last year’s level, a way of rewarding residents in communities that have kept their property tax levy under the 2% tax cap.

According to a spokesperson for the New York State Department of Tax and Finance, Geoffrey Gloak, the checks are not all being sent at the same time:

“There are 2.5 million checks going out throughout the fall.  When all checks are out, we’ll have an application available in case there are taxpayers who think they’re eligible but did not receive a check.

To be eligible for the freeze check, you must be eligible for a STAR exemption.  One of the qualifications for STAR is that the homeowners’ income is less than $500,000.”

 

 

 

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