Dear Property Owner:

Pennsylvania's new Homeowner Property Tax Relief Act became effective in September 2004.   According to the new law, designated state and local revenues will be used to provide school property tax relief to qualifying homeowners of owner occupied properties located in participating school districts.   The property tax relief will be made available when the designated state and local revenues reach specific amounts set by the law and your school district qualifies for participation in the tax relief act by imposing a new or increased income tax.

In order for you, as a property owner, to qualify and receive a property tax reduction two additional things must occur.   You must file a homestead or farmstead exclusion application with the Board of Assessment Appeals and your application must be approved.

For your convenience, a homestead/farmstead exclusion application and instructions for completing the application are enclosed.   You must file your completed application with the county’s Board of Assessment Appeals.   The deadline for filing is March 1, 2005 .  

You will receive notification of approval or denial of your homestead or farmstead exclusion application from the county’s Board of Assessment Appeals.  

If your application is approved your property tax relief will appear as a tax credit on the property tax bill that you receive from the school district in which you live.   Please remember that you can only receive the tax relief when the appropriate state and local revenues are available to fund the program and your school district imposes a qualifying income tax.   We anticipate that property tax relief will initially be available during the 2006-2007 school year.  

If you have questions regarding your homestead/farmstead application please contact the Board of Assessment Appeals at (610) 278-3761, office hours 8:30 a.m. - 4:15 p.m. Monday through Friday.  

Proud to be from Pottstown  

Pottstown School District

 Act 72 Application for Homested and Farmsted Exclusions (pdf)

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