Check the Frequently Asked Questions (updated 11/4/09) below to see if you can get the answer you need right away.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• When will I receive my homestead rebate check?
  
  
• How is the rebate calculated?
  
  
• Can I check the status (amount) of my homestead rebate
  

• What is the mailing schedule for the homestead rebate applications? My neighbor received one but I did not.
  
  
• How can I obtain a homestead rebate paper application? The instructions in my application packet tell me I cannot file by phone or online.
  
  
• My spouse and I are both under age 65 and each earned income of less than $75,000 in 2008, but when combined our income is more than $75,000. Do we qualify? We maintain the same principal residence.
  
  
• My mailing address changed, how can I update this information?
  
  
• How can I file my homestead rebate application?
  
  
• I received a Homestead Rebate Application Packet for my property, but I need to change the name that was preprinted on the application. How can I obtain a paper application?
  
  
• I became a widow(er) recently and my deceased spouse’s name appears on the Homestead Rebate Application I received. How do I file for the rebate so that the check is issued in my name only?
  
  
• I am the executor of my aunt’s estate. Can I file the Homestead Rebate Application on her behalf and have the rebate check issued to her estate?


• My spouse has died. What filing status do I use on my 2008 Homestead Rebate Application?


• My sister and I own a house together. How do we apply for the homestead rebate?
  


• I own a condo. How do I answer the question on my rebate application “Does the property have more than one unit”?
  
  
• I own several houses in New Jersey. I live in one of the homes and the others are rental properties. Am I eligible for the homestead rebate on my principal residence and the rental properties too?
  
  
• I live in another state but I received a Homestead Rebate Application Packet for a vacation home that I own at the New Jersey shore. Am I eligible for a homestead rebate?
  
  
• Should I mail my Homestead Rebate Worksheet and/or confirmation number to the Division of Taxation?