2022 Senior Tax Freeze

February 17, 2023

The state of New Jersey offers a program to reimburse eligible senior citizens and persons with disabilities for property tax or mobile home park site fee increases on their principal residence. To qualify, you must meet all the eligibility requirements for each year from the base year through the application year. (The current year is 2022.) To learn more, click here.

2022 Eligibility Requirements:*

• You were age 65 or older on December 31, 2021, or you were receiving Social Security disability payments on December 31, 2021, and also on December 31, 2022;

and

• You lived in New Jersey continuously since December 31, 2011, or earlier as either a homeowner or renter;

and

• You owned and lived in your home or leased a site in a mobile home park for a manufactured or mobile home that you owned since December 31, 2018, or earlier;

and

• You paid all 2021 property taxes by June 1, 2022, and all 2022 property taxes by June 1, 2023;

and

• Your annual income was less than $94,178* in 2021 and less than $99,735* in 2022. With some exceptions, all income must be taken into account, including Social Security, pension, etc.

* Eligibility rules, income limits, and benefits may be changed by the State Budget that will take effect on July 1, 2023.

For Additional Information:

Visit: nj.gov/taxation, select Property Tax Relief and then Senior Freeze Program;
Call the Senior Freeze Hotline: 1 (800) 882-6597.