Ridgewood NJ , the Ridgewood Professional Firefighters FMBA Local 47 remind you that according to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), more than 200 home fires each year start with a Christmas tree. In these videos, NIST fire researchers demonstrate what could happen if a fire starts in a watered Christmas tree vs. a dry Christmas tree.
Every holiday season, hundreds of residential fires start with a Christmas tree. Above, you saw the NIST video that illustrates the dramatic difference between a fire started in a well-watered tree versus in a thirsty, neglected tree.
I agree with most of what you say but not voting for Aronsohn. I won’t vote at all. Now I have understood what RW politicians are made of, it is NJ after all. They can tear their pie anyway they want but I won’t support any of them. This town is on the path of no return. Whoever thinks that raising voice works is a classic naive. I really expected much more from Susan Knudsen but she turned out to be a huge disappointment.
The present council is worse than the previous. The past council was open about how they wanted to destroy everything about the town that made it unique and charming. This council is devious and destructive. Watch them tear away at the islands around the train station next. And dig deep because parking meters will demand your coin from 8 a.m to 9 p.m. to fund an ugly , muggers paradise parking garage. I can just read the headlines now. Train riders robbed, injured, late at night coming home from NYC on train and getting their car from top floor of expensive garage. Expensive garage will have garbage strewn around and taxpayers will have to pay for the clean every day. Meanwhile the employee parking lot at Cottage Place is always empty, only a few cars parked there. What wonderful planning by the council. THE PAST COUNCIL KEPT TAXES DOWN. Not with this stupid council. Remember , never say never, I thought I would never vote for Aronsohn and gang, but I will next time. At least I will know what I am getting. Disappointment is too painful.
Ridgewood NJ, reader asks , “So Josh Gottheimer’s big ‘tax cutting’ campaign pledge was that he would lower corporate tax rates.
This tax bill does exactly that, but Gottheimer did not vote for it? Was he opposed to the middle class tax cuts that were paired to his favored corporate tax cuts? ”
Gottheimer voted no on tax cuts ,these tax cuts will allow North Jersey families to keep more of their money and New Jersey businesses to invest more in the local economy.
During his election readers poked fun , “There is a Gottheimer poster wrapped around the bear by the Franklin Ave underpass that says ‘Lower taxes’
I am still confused about whether that is a legit poster or someone just being sarcastic.”
Speaking of habernickel. That was a give away to a business ( a friend of Roberta’s). There is a baseball field,- soccer field, parks and rec activities AND a very busy business owned by a private person who lives in NY ( a classmate of Roberta’s ) which brings in camps, buses, field trips, birthday parties, evening dinner parties and so on. Full use of 11 acres…all for $3700 a month!!
Sorry schedler but once the ball starts rolling and Your Park is created ( no matter what the size ) the possibilities of what could happen are endless!!
Beware
Imagine how many opportunities were possibly lost, while they were flogging the Garazilla Ark to hell ,, meanwhile town and roads etc going to seed..while the Blog screaming bloody murder
to right the Ship…was beat down by the hacks , who could not believe that the little people just cried for one honest day a week , even if declared as Sunday while the town manages were not eating our cheese…like the coin boy crime ,so many of the cover ups being aired in all their rot.
The Fact that another parking issue surfaces tells us so much ,that they didn’t care one fig..that they knew better, and history does not tolerate endless alt-facts,Owners will just move..
Also the ruling is not clear on whether 2018 taxes will be allowed to be deducted in 2017…
ONE INTERPRETATION:
https://www.millarlawoffices.com/warning-pre-paid-state-local-taxes-not-deductible-2017-due-2018/
Warning!!! Pre-paid State and Local Taxes are NOT DEDUCTIBLE in 2017 If they are due in 2018!
By of MillarLaw A Professional Corporation On Sunday, December 17, 2017
Assuming that the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“TCJA”) passes both Houses of Congress and is signed by the president, there will be monumental changes in the Internal Revenue Code on the individual and corporate tax levels.
One example is the limitation on the part of individuals to deduct state and local taxes (“SALT”). Prior to the TCJA an individual (including joint return filers) who itemized could deduct state and local taxes to the extent they exceeded to two percent (2%) of Adjusted Gross Income (“AGI”). Under the TCJA an individual is limited to a combined deduction of $5,000 ($10,000 per couple).
Tax advisers have been suggesting that individual taxpayers pre-pay their SALT liabilities for 2018 to overcome the limitation. However, the there is language in the TCJA anticipates and neutralizes that suggestion,
“…an individual may not claim an itemized deduction in 2017 on a pre-payment of income tax for a future taxable year in order to avoid the dollar limitation applicable for taxable years beginning after 2017.” (TCJA, p 558)
Therefore, if you may want to reconsider the suggestion to pre-pay your 2018 SALT liabilities.
Planning note: the TCJA is extremely complex and it requires a lot of careful analysis before meaningful planning steps can be recommended. Please have patience with us and other professionals as we all struggle through the legislation and work toward viable solutions.
ANOTHER OPINION:
https://www.360financialliteracy.org/Topics/Taxes/Credits-Deductions/If-I-prepay-next-year-s-taxes-this-year-can-I-deduct-them-this-year
If I prepay next year’s taxes this year, can I deduct them this year?
Probably. Generally speaking, taxes are deductible in the year you pay them.
Sometimes real estate taxes are prepaid. If you are the property owner, you can generally deduct prepaid real estate taxes in the year of the prepayment if (1) you are a cash basis taxpayer and (2) you don’t live in a jurisdiction where the taxing authority considers prepayment a “deposit.” Jurisdictions vary regarding how they treat prepaid tax. Be aware that taxes placed in escrow generally aren’t deductible until they are paid to the taxing authority.
*As of 12/15/2017, updates to come in 2018.
Real estate taxes are not always entirely deductible. If you are subject to AMT the deduction may be limited.
There is a good chance that if you can afford to pay Ridgewood real estate taxes, combined with sky high NJ income taxes, you may be subject to AM
Ridgewood NJ, in “A GUIDE TO PAYING HIGHER TAXES FOR PEOPLE UPSET BY THE TAX BREAKS” by Kevin Ryan, the author spells out how you can continue paying the old higher rates .
Ryan begins , “Are you upset about the tax cuts? Have no fear! I’ve written this handy guide for people who’d like to continue paying higher taxes.”
He reminds taxpayers , “It’s not as simple as sending the government more money than your tax return says you owe. Unfortunately, the IRS will send your overpayment back to you as a refund (or apply it toward your next year taxes if you specify them to). ”
Then he gets into the options you have to pay more taxes .
However, there are options that you can select when filing your taxes that will result in you paying more money:
• Elect to itemize deductions even if the standard deduction would be greater.
• Elect to take the standard deduction if itemizing would lower your taxes.
• File as “Married Filing Separately” instead of filing a joint return will usually result in higher taxes owed.
• Most nonrefundable credits are wholly optional, and you are not required to take them if you do not want to.
• You have the option to round each entry line item on your tax form to the nearest dollar, or to fill in exact amounts. Do it both ways and submit the result that comes out with higher taxes.
• You can also make a voluntary contribution to the US government by sending a separate payment to the Treasury via the Bureau of the Fiscal Service along with a note authorizing them to use it to “reduce the debt held by the public”. Be careful, though, such contributions are tax deductible as a charitable donation. Luckily you don’t have to take the deduction.
• And businesses have been doing their part to mitigate the devastating impact of Trump’s corporate tax cut, with some of the biggest companies in America announcing that they will voluntarily give the savings to their workers in the form of higher wages and/or bonuses. Now all that’s needed are for workers to give these bonuses back to the government, and they could basically cancel out the effects of Trump’s tax cuts!
If enough people choose to pay more than they owe and to give their bonuses and higher wages back to the government, they can help prevent or minimize the devastation and deaths that Democrats predict these tax cuts will cause. Happily, half of all Americans say they disapprove of the new tax cuts, so there will be millions of people lining up to give the government their money back!
Hache did not tell tell the truth. After he was voted in , he said he walked Schedler and it would not be appropriate for a sports field. Knudsen and Sedon also said that. Because they want the votes of the sports people they are changing, thinking because the field is 50 instead of ninety feet they can please everyone. Well, eagles have been seen their, Knudsen admits that. They leave with human activity, and their chances for survival are slim when they leave their nests. Google bald eagle habitats. Plus the trees themselves and other wildlife. Natural areas at a minimum here already.
And Hache, Sedon and Knudsen will win next election time too, because most people will be satisfied.
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.
Ridgewood NJ, If you are looking to sing, you may be looking for The Ridgewood Singers. We welcome you warmly for our first rehearsal on January 8 at 7:00 pm for snacks and get-to-know-you time. This pleasant ensemble of about 40 singers rehearses in Paramus and performs in Ridgewood. Our repertoire covers a great variety of genres!
Rehearsals are on Monday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 pm, at The Cupola at Care One, 100 West Ridgewood Avenue, Paramus. Our spring concert is at 3:00 pm on Sunday, May 6. The Ridgewood Singers perform winter and spring concerts, as well as community outreach performances. Dues are $55 for each concert season. For more information, call Cynthia at 201-207-3105, or email us at [email protected] See us at www.theridgewoodsingers.com and www.facebook.com/theridgewood
Despite Ms. Sonenfeld’s contention that “No village money goes to Parkmobile,” the attached document clearly indicates that between May of 2015 and December of 2017, $155,821.60 of “money” generated by the Village of Ridgewood’s Parking Utility was paid to Parkmobile.
There was no consensus, no vote, no amendment to the resolution following discussion about fees that Park mobile wanted to charge us. It was discussion at a work session and nothing was agreed to or decided upon. But big-ego Roberta decided that she could take what was discussed and turn it in to a contract that is in direct violation with what the council had voted on. There was also no discussion or vote to have the contract go for three years when the resolution was for two years. An amendment to the resolution would have to have been introduced and passed, but no, Roberta was larger than the law and did whatever the hell she wanted. You are aware, aren’t you, that she has been found GUILTY of an ethics violation by an independent group, the Local Finance Board? Consider the source when you read her lie-filled letter.
In addition, do not blame Heather Mailander for that resolution. She drafted it according to what the five elected officials voted on and it was signed before the March discussion at which Roberta decided to tell everyone that major fees were going to be coming. You should get your facts straight, but you are a Roberta supporter so obviously you come from the school in which facts are not needed in order to make strong statements.
Ridgewood NJ, Village Manager Heather A. Mailander fired off more end of the year information in her latest’s E-Notice , In the notice she updated on Ridgewood Parking Permits, Leaf Collection, Christmas Tree Pickup Dates, Reand Village of Ridgewood Holiday Hours .
UPDATE ON SALE OF 2018 ANNUAL RIDGEWOOD PARKING PERMITS (RPP)
The 2018 Annual Commuter (Ridgewood Parking Permits – RPP) are now on sale at the Reception Desk in the lobby of Village Hall, Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except holidays. All applicants must bring their driver’s license and vehicle registration(s) for car(s) they wish to list on their permits, as the RPPs allow up to 3 cars on each hang tag. The RPPs allow commuters to park in designated Ridgewood parking lots without having to pay the parking meters. The following is a summary of the Ridgewood Parking Permits (RPPs) and their prices:
Premium RPP – $1,000 annual fee – allows Ridgewood residents to park in the Train Station lot, Hudson Street lot, Prospect Street lot, and all Ridgewood lots, including Route 17 Park and Ride lot. A maximum of 210 Premium RPPs will be sold, on a first come, first served basis. At this time, there are only 95 Premium RPPs left to be sold.
Non-Premium RPP – $750 annual fee – allows Ridgewood residents to park in Chestnut Street lot, North Walnut Street lot, Cottage Place lot, and Route 17 Park and Ride lot.
Park and Ride RPP – $750 annual fee – this price is for both Ridgewood residents and non-residents, and allows parking in the Route 17 Park and Ride lot.
Non-resident RPP in Central Business District – $1,500 annual fee – allows non-residents to park in the Cottage Place lot.
Ridgewood Resident Sticker – Free – All Ridgewood resident commuters who wish to park at the train station must bring in their driver’s license and vehicle registration(s) to obtain a free Ridgewood Resident sticker. Free Ridgewood Resident stickers will also be issued to all Ridgewood residents purchasing RPPs.
The Village will accept checks, cash, or credit cards (with a 3% transaction fee to the user) for payment.
There are also Central Business District (CBD) Employee stickers and hang tags that may be purchased by those who work in the CBD and allows parking at designated meters in the North Walnut Street and Cottage Place lots.
For more information, please visit our website: www.ridgewoodnj.net.
UPDATE ON LEAF COLLECTION
As of December 21st, leaves are being picked up in Area D. It is anticipated that our crews will begin the third leaf collection in Area A, on Wednesday, December 27th. After Area A is completed, there will be a final collection through the entire Village, beginning with Area C, followed by Area D, Area B and Area A (which will be the fourth leaf pickup for each of these areas). All of these dates are weather dependent. All areas may put out their leaves from December 23rd through January 1st. You may bag your leaves in paper biodegradable bags and place them on your curb or bring leaves to the Recycling Center. The hours of operation at the Recycling Center are Monday through Saturday, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM. If you bag your leaves, please call the Street Division at (201) 670-5585 and we will pick up the bags through February 28, 2018.
CHRISTMAS TREE PICKUP
In an attempt to offer convenience and streamline efficiency within operations, the Parks Division has created a new schedule for Christmas tree pick-up in January of 2018.
This new schedule will follow a Tuesday/Eastside and Thursday/Westside pattern with trees being picked up from resident curbside on the Eastside of the Village on Tuesdays, January 2nd, 9th, 16th and 23rd. Trees will then be picked up on the Westside of the Village on Thursdays January 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th between the hours of 8:00 am – 3:00 pm.
Those residents wishing to drop off trees may bring them to the designated location at the Graydon Pool parking lot anytime from January 2nd – 25th, 2018.
For additional information please contact the Parks Division Office at 201-670-5565.
REMINDER – HOLIDAY HOURS
As a reminder, all Village offices will be closed on December 25th, December 26th, and January 1st, in observance of the Christmas and New Year’s holidays.
Wishing you and yours a joyous holiday season and a happy and healthy New Year!
