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NJ Comptroller Reports on Widespread Excessive Sick Leave Payouts in 57 Municipalities

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Trenton NJ, The Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) released a report finding the overwhelming majority of the New Jersey towns it sampled are wasting taxpayer funds by making and agreeing to make excessive sick leave payments to public employees.  

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Many New Jersey Towns Allowing Prepayment of Property Taxes

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December 22,2017

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Jersey City NJ, Jersey City today said it will allow residents to prepay their entire 2018 estimated tax bills this year if they want to try to take advantage of a deduction the bill has curtailed.

Property taxes are now entirely deductible, but starting next year taxpayers will only be able to deduct up to $10,000. Residents in high-tax states like New Jersey have been flooding local tax collectors with calls asking to prepay their taxes this year so they can attempt to deduct them when they file their 2017 tax returns in April.

Jersey City had initially said it would cap prepayments of next year’s bill to two quarters , a common limit other New Jersey municipalities have , but Mayor Steve Fulop, a Democrat, said he decided today to allow residents to pay all four quarters this year.

Village of Ridgewood 1st Quarter Preliminary Property Taxes Due February 1, 2018

There is a 10 day grace period.  Since the 10th falls on a Saturday and the following Monday is a holiday (Lincoln’s Birthday), payments must be recieved in this office no later than Tuesday, February 13, 2018.  Postmark is not accepted.  Taxpayers who did not receive a bill last September should contact our office at 201-670-5500 ext 511  or visit our web site at www.ridgewoodnj.net for property tax amounts billed and paid.  A reminder to those taxpayers who received added tax bills last October, you will need to pay on the added bill as well as the orignal bill you received in September. As per NJSA 54:4-64 sec.3:  “The validity of any tax or assessment, or the time at which it shall be payable, shall not be affected by the failure of a taxpayer to receive a tax bill, but every taxpayer is put on notice to ascertain from the proper offical of the taxing district the amount which may be due for taxes or assessments against him or his property”.  Please mail your payments to the Village of Ridgewood Tax Collector, 131 N. Maple Ave., Ridgewood, NJ  07450-3287 or payments may be dropped off in the Village mail box at the rear main entrance.  You may also wish to consider enrolling in our ACH program where property tax payments would be automatically deducted from your checking account when due.  New enrollments or changes must be received at least two weeks prior to the due date.