Weekly Newsletter of the
Office of Real Property Tax Services

2024 STAR Program Implementation Guide

We have updated the STAR Program Implementation Guide for 2024. For a summary of changes this year, see STAR Program Implementation Guide: What’s new for 2024. We will begin issuing the first STAR reports in the coming weeks.

RPSV4 update cost_2024 now available

The annual cost update is now available from the RPSV4 Updates page in the Online Assessment Community.

Replication users should run this update at both the remote and consolidated sites.

If you have questions about the update, contact your ORPTS Customer Service Team.

Final reminder: Preliminary state-owned land lists

Preliminary lists of 2024 taxable state land and taxable state conservation easements are available in the Online Assessment Community for impacted municipalities. By April 1, please review all posted documents and follow the instructions to complete the lists. If you have questions, email orpts.statelandunit@tax.ny.gov or call (518) 457-7724.

Final reminder: Provide us with copies of your STAR third-party notice forms by April 1

To accommodate seniors who have requested notification of a third party regarding the Enhanced STAR exemption, please provide us with copies of Form RP-425-TPN, Request for Mailing of Notice to a Third Party Regarding Enhanced STAR Exemption, that you have not previously provided to us.

You can provide the forms to us in any of the following ways:

• Scan the RP-425-TPN forms and email them to IVPForms@tax.ny.gov
• Fax the forms to 518-435-8634.
• Mail the forms to:

NYS TAX DEPARTMENT

ATTN: STAR IVP UNIT

W A HARRIMAN CAMPUS

ALBANY NY 12227-0801

We’ll send any letters regarding the exemption status to the third parties.

Final reminder: April 1 deadline approaching for STAR/delinquency spreadsheets

County directors: By April 1, please send your lists of Basic STAR recipients with property tax delinquencies greater than one year to proptaxbills.datafiles@tax.ny.gov.

We recommend using the Delinquent Reporting Spreadsheet and instructions.

For program details, see STAR and Property Tax Delinquency.

Judicial cases

New Judicial cases:

• Matter of Brookdale Physicians' Dialysis Assoc., Inc. v Department of Fin. of the City of N.Y. (See the December 2019 decision that the court reversed.)
• Tax Equity Now NY LLC v City of New York (See the February 2020 decision that the court modified.) 
• Polizzi v County of Schoharie

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• Key telephone lines:
  • Assessor/Director Hotline: 518-457-9053 (reminder, this is for your use only)
  • STAR credit telephone number for homeowners: 518-457-2036
• Archive of past Assessment Community Weekly posts
  
  

Send comments and suggestions to real.property@tax.ny.gov. Thank you!