Coming soon to New Jersey
TaxDrop is coming soon to New Jersey
β Texas only for now - we aren't filing New Jersey appeals yet
β Free county guides - general information on how appeals work
β Join the waitlist - no payment and no filing
TaxDrop currently serves Texas only. Join the waitlist and we'll email you when we launch here.
TaxDrop currently serves property owners in Texas only. We aren't filing appeals or selling filing packets in New Jersey right now. Join the waitlist and we'll let you know when we launch. Joining doesn't sign you up for a service or file anything for you.
New Jersey homeowners pay some of the highest property taxes in the country. The appeal that lowers them does not work the way it does anywhere else.
Your town's assessor sets the value. Your County Board of Taxation hears the appeal. And the decision turns on a ratio rather than on market value alone.
Every municipality has a common level range β a band around the average assessment-to-value ratio for that town.
If your assessment sits above the band, the board reduces you to the common level. If it sits inside the band, nothing changes, however over-assessed the property looks. And if it sits below the band, the board is required by law to raise your assessment (N.J.S.A. 54:3-22).
Most of the state files by April 1.
Burlington, Gloucester and Monmouth counties file by January 15 β two and a half months earlier than everyone else. If your municipality ran a district-wide revaluation or reassessment, the date moves to May 1 instead. In every case you get at least 45 days from the day your town finishes mailing assessment notices.
Appeals must be received by the deadline, not postmarked. One day late is dismissed.
New Jersey accepts comparable sales only β comparable assessments are not evidence of value here. Five sales, filed with the petition or delivered at least seven days before your hearing.
TaxDrop currently operates in Texas. See our Texas property tax guide.
April 1 in most of the state. January 15 in Burlington, Gloucester and Monmouth counties, which run on an alternate assessment calendar. May 1 if your municipality completed a district-wide revaluation or reassessment. In all cases you get at least 45 days from the day assessment notices finish going out.
Not yet. TaxDrop currently serves Texas only. Join the waitlist on this page and we'll let you know when we launch in New Jersey.
Comparable sales β up to five. Comparable assessments are not acceptable evidence of value in New Jersey, which is the opposite of how Texas works. Value is argued as of October 1 of the year before the tax year, not today's market.
Yes. N.J.S.A. 54:3-27 requires at least the first quarter of the year's taxes and municipal charges to be paid before the board will hear you.