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3 concepts that lead to this page. Each one comes in 4:5, 1:1, 9:16, with its own primary texts, headlines and description. Click an image to see it full size.
Concept A
The deadlines
The guide's first screen: headline, byline and the tax year 2027 appeal deadlines by county.
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Primary texts
- Primary text 1
New Jersey has two main appeal deadlines, and your county decides which one is yours.
Here's how an appeal works, the ratio test the board applies, and what to check before you file. It's a 6-minute read from the Abode Money team: New Jersey property tax appeals: how they work.
- Primary text 2
Which deadline is yours?
New Jersey homeowners appeal to their county board of taxation. Three counties follow an alternate assessment calendar with an earlier deadline; the rest use April 1.
Find yours in our 6-minute guide to New Jersey property tax appeals.
- Primary text 3
Next deadline: January 15 in three counties.
That's Burlington, Gloucester and Monmouth counties, on the alternate assessment calendar. Or 45 days after the bulk mailing of assessment notices in your town, if that's later.
Every county's date is in our 6-minute guide, New Jersey property tax appeals: how they work.
- Primary text 4
Received, not postmarked.
Your New Jersey property tax appeal petition must reach the county board by the deadline. If the last day falls on a weekend or legal holiday, it moves to the next business day. An appeal that arrives late is dismissed.
The dates, and how an appeal works, in our 6-minute guide.
- Primary text 5
It helps to know whether your assessment looks high before you fill in Form A-1.
A free savings estimate is that first check. Before that, read how New Jersey property tax appeals work, including which deadline is yours, in 6 minutes.
Headlines
- 📅 Which NJ deadline is yours?29
- 🗓️ Two NJ property tax appeal deadlines39
- 📬 Received, not postmarked26
- 🏠 NJ property tax appeals, explained36
- 🔎 Is your home's tax value right?33
Description
- Get your free savings estimate.31
Concept B
The postcard
An annotated, drawn Notification of Assessment: the number to check is the assessment on it.
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Primary texts
- Primary text 1
Each year your town's assessor mails a Notification of Assessment: a postcard with your current assessment and the preceding year's taxes.
So the number to check is the assessment on the postcard. Our 6-minute guide shows how New Jersey property tax appeals work: New Jersey property tax appeals: how they work.
- Primary text 2
“…property taxes are derived from the local municipal budget and cannot be appealed. However, you may appeal your property's assessment.”
That's the New Jersey Division of Taxation, in A Guide to Tax Appeal Hearings. Our 6-minute guide explains the postcard that starts the clock, and what to check before you file.
- Primary text 3
The tax board will never send you a check. They assess the value of your home and move on.
The Somerset County Board of Taxation suggests contacting your municipal assessor with questions before the end of the year: “You may find that an appeal is not necessary.”
What to check first is in our 6-minute guide, New Jersey property tax appeals: how they work.
- Primary text 4
Check your number before your postcard arrives.
A free savings estimate is that first check. In our words: “We analyze public property records, recent sales, and local assessment data to estimate whether your county's value is higher than it should be relative to market.”
Then read how New Jersey property tax appeals work, in 6 minutes.
- Primary text 5
Lower your property tax bill.
In New Jersey, the number to check is the assessment on the postcard your town's assessor mails each year, not the bill itself. Our 6-minute guide explains why, and what to check: New Jersey property tax appeals: how they work.
Headlines
- 📬 The postcard that starts the clock36
- 🔍 The number to check is on it30
- 🏛️ You may appeal your assessment33
- 📮 Before your postcard arrives30
- 💡 Lower your property tax bill30
Description
- Get your free savings estimate.31
Concept C
The ratio test
A drawn explainer of New Jersey's 15% corridor: what matters is your ratio against your town's.
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Primary texts
- Primary text 1
In New Jersey, the number on your postcard may not match your home's market value, and that alone isn't an error.
What matters is your ratio against your town's. Our 6-minute guide explains the ratio test: New Jersey property tax appeals: how they work.
- Primary text 2
Comparing your assessment with a sale price tells you little on its own in New Jersey.
Each year the Director of the Division of Taxation certifies an average ratio for every town: the percent of true value for an average assessment there. Around it sits the common level range: plus or minus 15% of that ratio.
See how the test works in our 6-minute guide.
- Primary text 3
An appeal can go either way.
The petition asks the board to reduce or increase the assessment, and your town may cross-appeal. An assessment whose ratio is below the lower limit is revised up by the same test. Check your ratio before you file.
How New Jersey property tax appeals work, in a 6-minute read.
- Primary text 4
When the ratio of your assessment to your home's true value is above the upper limit, or below the lower limit, the board revises the assessment by applying the average ratio to the true value.
That's New Jersey's ratio test. Our 6-minute guide walks through the Division of Taxation's own worked example.
- Primary text 5
Once a town completes a revaluation, all its assessments must be at 100% of true market value.
If assessments aren't adjusted every year, they drift away from it. That's why New Jersey has a ratio test for property tax appeals.
Read New Jersey property tax appeals: how they work, a 6-minute guide.
Headlines
- 📏 The ratio test: a 15% corridor32
- ⚖️ Your ratio against your town's33
- 🔁 Property tax appeals can go both ways39
- 📊 How New Jersey's ratio test works35
- 🏘️ Every town has its own figures33
Description
- Get your free savings estimate.31