Taxes

A NOTE FROM THE TREASURER – TAXES :    IMPORTANT- DROP BOX HAS MOVED, SAME BOX, IS LOCATED AT THE EAST END OF PARKING LOT. 

For your safety and the safety of our staff we encourage taxpayers to pay by mail, we ask that you limit the use of cash and that you prepare your check before you enter the office.  We request that Social Distancing  be followed when paying bills in person.

The 2024  Summer tax bill will be mailed on June 28, 2024 .  Taxes are due September 16th by 5:00 p.m.  Taxes paid after 5:00 p.m. are posted the next day with interest. We no longer accept post marks. If the last day of any period or a fixed or final day is a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday, the period or day is extended to include the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or legal holiday.

There are several different ways that you may pay your taxes and they are:

• In person at the Township Hall.  Our office hours are from 9:00 until 12:00 and 1:00 until 5:00 Monday, Tuesday, Thursday. 1:00 until 5:00 Wednesday. Closed on Friday.
• By mail in the envelope that was provided with your tax bill.
• The  drop box located at the east end of the parking lot.
• With a credit/debit card online by accessing this website – Click here for payments.  This is an online service only and is not available at the Township office.  Third party fees apply. Payments made after 5:00 p.m. are posted the next day with interest.

THERE IS A SERVICE CHARGE OF $25.00 FOR ANY RETURNED CHECK.

 Postmarks are not accepted.

SUMMER PROPERTY TAX DEFERMENT

Any local unit of government collecting a summer property tax to defer collection of the tax until the following February 15, the following categories apply;

1.  Homestead property of a taxpayer who is totally and permanently disabled, blind, paraplegic, quadriplegic, hemiplegic, a senior citizen (age 62 or over, including the unmarried surviving spouse of a person who was 62 years of age or older at the time of death), eligible service person, eligible  veteran, or an eligible widow or widower, and whose total household income in the prior taxable year did not exceed $40,000.

2.  Property classified or used as agricultural real property, if the gross receipts of the agricultural or horticultural operations in the previous year (or the average gross receipts for such operations in the previous three years) are not less than my household income for the preceding calendar year or the combined household incomes in the previous year of the individual members of a limited liability company or partners of a partnership that owns the agricultural real property.

To claim a deferment, a taxpayer must file an intent to defer with the treasurer of the property tax collecting unit on a form the treasurer’s office has available.  Click here for the application…