Division of TaxationThe Fiscal Year 2027 budget provides property tax relief benefits for the Senior Freeze, ANCHOR, and Stay NJ programs. Information for each program can be found below.
Filing Deadline: The deadline to apply for the 2025 application is November 2, 2026.
Homeowners Under 65 (Not Receiving Social Security Disability or Railroad Retirement Disability Benefits) and All Renters
The Division automatically filed ANCHOR applications on behalf of most eligible New Jersey homeowners under age 65 who are not collecting Social Security Disability or Railroad Retirement Disability Benefits, as well as most eligible New Jersey renters of all ages.
On August 10, 2024, we sent qualifying taxpayers an ANCHOR Benefit Confirmation Letter with details about their filing. If you needed to make changes, you were required to complete them by September 15, 2026. If you did not submit changes by this deadline, we used the same banking information from your previous ANCHOR benefit to deposit your 2025 benefit.
If you did not receive an ANCHOR Benefit Confirmation Letter, you may file an Application for Property Tax Relief on your own no later than November 2, 2026.
Senior Homeowners and Social Security Disability/Railroad Retirement Disability Benefit Recipients
You must complete the combined Application for Property Tax Relief, Form PAS-1, to file for your ANCHOR benefit, even if you do not qualify for all three programs. You must either file online or complete the paper application; we will not automatically file the application on your behalf.
The online application requires identity verification through ID.me.
Have one of the following ready: driver's license, state ID, passport card, or passport. Additional documentation may be required. If so, you will need either two primary documents or one primary and two secondary documents from the provided list. We recommend you prepare these in advance.
Applicants 65 and over, or those collecting Social Security/Railroad Retirement disability benefits may also need:
Applicants under 65 and not collecting Social Security/Railroad Retirement disability benefits may also need:
2024 and 2025 Income
Complete lines 17a-17f and 18a-18f using information from your 2024 and 2025 New Jersey Income Tax returns (Form NJ-1040) and Form SSA-1099, along with any other relevant documents. Do not report VA disability/military disability pension amounts, as it is not includable.
If you do not know your 2024 or 2025 New Jersey income or if you were not required to file Form NJ-1040, you should fill out the Income Calculation Worksheets. You can find the instructions on page 11 of Form PAS-1 .
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