Quoted from Patches

had to prove who lived with me and provide a letter from each of them.....and then go in person.

seems to me that it should be automatic and a renewal....and then you get different answers...

just another way of doing business in Rotterdam...

Instead of being drunken on Gin, LISA -- you should sober up and see that the Town is vastly improved in its efficiency, morale and customer service -- and this includes ALL departments -- perhaps with the exception of the Highway Department which finds Mr. Longo NOT up to the task.....

Quoted from Box A Rox

Elderly Couple making over $64,000... Doesn't need an exemption.

that depends on what that definition of 'poor' is....because really it could mean ANYTHING....like how would they afford their second condo and boat they have had all these years.....they should
be assisted in keeping up their lifestyle.....

Hamburg......your slanderous statements are out of order.....as been said before....you are treading on thin ice.

You accuse and foul mouth accusations.....there's something wrong with your mind.....and to mention someone else's name

and think that is who is making statements.....YOU ARE TOTALLY AN A$$$$$$$$$$$$$$..

AND NORMALLY DON'T WANT TO NAME CALL....BUT THIS IS AN EXCEPTION........AND IN THE PAST....... A FEW TIMES....

I told you look for the green hat.....I'll introduce myself.......and there will be egg on your face....DUDE

Quoted from Box A Rox

I think the enhanced senior STAR is dependent on income... so a Federal tax statement is needed every year
to determine benefits based on that years income.

Oh of course I knew it was based on income, but I vaguely remember some automatic approval if the eligible owner(s) gave some authorization for some connection to the NYS Tax dept for tax returns on an annual basis, and frankly, ORPS is now part of the state Tax dept.    And naturally, if the tax dept reported to the city that the income exceeded the threshhold, it would be removed.

Quoted from Patches

had to prove who lived with me and provide a letter from each of them.....and then go in person.

seems to me that it should be automatic and a renewal....and then you get different answers...

just another way of doing business in Rotterdam...

A letter from everyone who lives with you?    FOR WHAT??????

If you are talking about STAR Enhanced, the income is based ONLY on the income of the OWNER(S) who are listed on the deed and spouse of the owners.    If a husband is 66, making $30,000 a year, and wife is 60, making $30,000 a year and they have their five children living in the house with them, but none of the children's names are on the deed, but each child makes $100,000 a year, the couple IS eliglible for Enhanced STAR   Of course, who would have adult children living with them anyway is beyond me, unless they are mama's boy.   They couple does not have to report who lives there.

Of course, the owners need to prove residency for both Basic AND Enhanced, because residency is mandatory for eligibilty for STAR    (remember, how Proctor's jerk Philip Morris was ILLEGALLY getting two STAR exemptions - one on his house in the city in which he did NOT reside as of March 1 last year, AND on the house he lived in because he fled the city).

Proving ownership, well, if an assessor tells an applicant that they must prove ownership, then the assessor (or his/her staff) must have a screw loose because they have ownership records on file, DUH.

Yes, OF COURSE I WAS RIGHT !]

For Enhanced STAR, you do NOT need to reapply each and every year

2.Demonstrate that you meet the income requirement annually in one of two ways: •Apply annually with your assessor - Complete your STAR application and send it to your assessor with a copy of your income tax return(s) for the appropriate income tax year; or
•Authorize our department to verify your income eligibility - Submit Form RP-425-IVP School Tax Relief (STAR) Exemption: Optional Income Verification Program to provide your assessor with your social security number(s) and authorize us to verify your income eligibility. If you choose this option, generally you will only have to submit Form RP-425, Form RP-425-IVP, and a copy of your tax return(s) to the assessor in the first year.


So it still exists.

I know all of that you stated......but, disabled is counted.....and verification is needed, I guess....

anyway, every years it's different it seems....last year, I didn't get the form in the mail.......and what a hassle it created...

If the government requests so much paperwork and signatures and authentication.....and they don't check the right people or they

close their eyes to them...maybe because they are corrupt, they think everyone else is......wrong....they are the ones pulling the deals.

I just think that if you have info in a computer up to date and a good program for it.....that all that would be needed was to

mail a simple form back to verify.....

they just want to make sure we're not dead and some other person gets the exemption with the house....

Is this ROTTERDAM or Schenectady?

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If you choose this option, generally you will only have to submit Form RP-425, Form RP-425-IVP, and a copy of your tax return(s) to the assessor in the first year.

That's what I wanted to do, my Dad told me about the one time form that verifies income , but the assessors office said because we are low income we have to reapply every year in person. Dosent make sense to me as we submit income taxes just like everyone else.