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Final 2024/Preliminary 2025 bills were mailed Sept 20, 2024.
Click HERE to pay or lookup amounts due online. Digital copies of bills are also available online.
Tax Collector Office
1st Floor
Bowers Building
6 W. Main St.
Mendham, NJ 07945
6 W. Main St.
Mendham, NJ 07945
Liz Holtz, Borough Tax Collector, CTC
973-543-7152 *17
Office Hours
Friday 8:30-3:30pm
Tuesday afternoon by appointment
PROPERTY TAX DUE DATES | |||
Billing Quarter
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Months Covered
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Due Date
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Deadline
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1st Quarter | January - March | 1-Feb | 10-Feb |
2nd Quarter | April - June | 1-May | 10-May |
3rd Quarter | July - September | 1-Aug | 10-Aug |
4th Quarter | October - December | 1-Nov | 10-Nov |
If the 10th falls on a weekend or a Borough holiday, the grace period is extended to the Borough’s next business day. |
- PAY ONLINE & LOOK UP AMOUNT DUE
- PAY IN PERSON
- Bowers Building-1st Floor
- Friday Only
- 8:30am-3:30pm
- Phoenix House-1st Floor- CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS
- Monday through Friday
- 9:00am-4:30pm
- Borough Clerk's Office
- Bowers Building-1st Floor
- SAMPLE TAX BILL AND INSTRUCTIONS
- Seniors already in the Senior Freeze Program
- Filing deadline for PTR-2 Form is October 31, 2024.
- Your PTR-2 Form needs to be certified by the Tax Collector.
- Seniors who are already in the program should have received their 2021 PTR-2 forms in February 2024.
- Instruction PTR-2 Form
- Seniors Filing for the First Time
- File a PTR-1 Form
- Intructions PTR-1 Form
- PTR-1 Complete Packet
- The PTR-1 Form needs to be certified by the Tax Collector.
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Program Information
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The program provides property tax relief to New Jersey resident homeowners who owned or rented their principal residence (main home) on October 1, 2019, and meet the required income limits.
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ANCHOR hotline at 1-888-238-1233.
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Homeowner Qualification
- You are considered a homeowner if, on October 1, 2019, you:
- Owned a house.
- Owned a condominium and paid property taxes on your unit.
- Were a resident shareholder of a cooperative housing complex.
- Were a resident of a continuing care retirement community and your continuing care contract requires you to pay the proportionate share of property taxes attributable to your unit.
- You do not qualify if your residence was completely exempt from paying property taxes or you made PILOT (Payments-in-Lieu-of-Tax) payments.
- You are considered a homeowner if, on October 1, 2019, you:
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- Tenant Qualification
- Tenants who had previously been ineligible because their units are under PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) agreements are now eligible to apply for the benefit.
- You are considered a tenant if, on October 1, 2019, you:
- Rented an apartment, condominium, or house.
- Rented or owned a mobile home located in a mobile home park.
- You do not qualify if you lived in tax-exempt, subsidized, or campus housing.
- You are considered a tenant if, on October 1, 2019, you:
- Application Deadline
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The deadline for filing your ANCHOR benefit application was December 29, 2023.
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Income Eligibility Requirements and Tax Relief Amount
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Homeowners with incomes of $150,000 or less will receive $1,500.
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Homeowners with incomes more than $150,000 and up to $250,000 will receive $1,000.
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Renters with incomes of $150,000 or less will receive $450.
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How Eligilble Homowners and Renters can Apply
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By Phone 1-877-658-2972
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Eligible renters no phone option.
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Upload or mail a paper application and necessary attachments using the program's Electronic Filing System.
- Tenants who had previously been ineligible because their units are under PILOT (Payment in Lieu of Taxes) agreements are now eligible to apply for the benefit.
- Tenant Qualification
***Attention Sewer Utility Customers ***
The State’s Low Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) can help you pay arrears for your water and sewer bills. The program can help you to avoid service disruptions, restore services, stay up-to-date with your payments, and pay reconnections fees. To get more information and apply, go to waterassistance.nj.gov or call NJ211.