New Hampshire Department of Revenue Launches Annual Property Tax Relief Program

New Hampshire Department of Revenue Launches Annual Property Tax Relief Program

Applications for the Low and Moderate Income Homeowners Property Tax Relief program due June 30; provision allows for additional time to provide federal tax return

The New Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration (NHDRA) is accepting applications for its Low and Moderate Income Homeowners Property Tax Relief program through June 30, 2020. NHDRA distributed more than $1.1 million through this tax relief program last year, and more than $44 million in total since the Low and Moderate Income Homeowners Property Tax Relief program launched in 2002.

An eligible applicant for Low and Moderate Income Homeowners Property Tax Relief is a person who is:

• Single with adjusted gross income less than or equal to $20,000; or married or head of New Hampshire household with adjusted gross income less than or equal to $40,000; and
• Owns a homestead subject to the State Education Property Tax; and 
• Has resided in that homestead as of April 1, 2019.

Applicants are required to submit their individual income tax returns with the application. However, given the federal July 15 extension, some may not have filed their federal return by the June 30 Low and Moderate Income Homeowners Property Tax Relief program deadline. An existing provision allows NHDRA to accept late applications, if complete, until November 1 if the Commissioner believes the individual was prevented from completing his or her application in certain circumstances.

Additional information is available in this press release or on the NHDRA website.

Taxpayers with questions should call Taxpayer Services at (603) 230-5920, press prompt 2, then prompt 2 again.