Local Property Tax (2024)

FAQs

Local Property Tax? ›

LPT is a self-assessed tax charged on the market value of residential properties in the State.

Eligibility requirements

All owners of the property must be 65 or older, unless the owners are spouses or siblings. If you own the property with a spouse or sibling, only one of you must meet this age requirement. The total combined annual income of the property owner and spouse or co-owner cannot exceed $58,399.

In Long Island, the two main counties to consider are Nassau and Suffolk County. In Nassau County, you can expect to pay an average of 2.24% of your home's assessed fair market value. Suffolk County is a fraction more expensive, clocking in at an average of 2.3% of the assessed fair market value.

Property tax in New York is a local tax that's based on the value of your home, which is assessed by the state. The average rate is 1.4 percent of the assessed value of your home, according to 2021 data from the Tax Foundation. Note that property taxes vary widely by county and municipality across the state.

Overview. The liability date for Local Property Tax (LPT) is 1 November each year. This means that your property is liable for LPT for 2024 if it is a residential property on 1 November 2023. You need to pay the LPT charge for 2024 if you are the liable person for LPT on 1 November 2023.

To access your property record, you can use your existing login details for myAccount or Revenue Online Service (ROS). For properties with multiple owners, only the designated liable person can access the service through myAccount or ROS. Alternatively, you can log in directly to the LPT online service.

The median price of homes in Long Island is about $500,000. In comparison, the median price of homes across the USA is about $250,000. This means that property values in Long Island are more than twice the national average. For this reason, those who live here will naturally have higher property assessment rates.

What town on Long Island has the lowest property taxes? The Sagaponack school district in Southampton, Suffolk County has the lowest property taxes in Long Island compared to value with an effective tax rate in New York at $3.93 per $1,000 – but very high home values.

How do I pay local property taxes? ›

The Department of Finance mails property tax bills four times a year. You will pay your property taxes two or four times a year, depending on the property's assessed value. Bills are generally mailed and posted on our website about a month before your taxes are due.

The 11 counties with the highest median property tax payments all have bills exceeding $10,000: New Jersey: Bergen, Essex, Hunterdon, Morris, Passaic, and Union Counties. New York: Nassau, New York, Rockland, and Westchester Counties.

Your tax is determined using the purchase price of the property since the purchase price usually equates to the assessed value. From here on out, your assessed value sees an increase annually based on the inflation rate.

Overview of Michigan Taxes

Michigan has some of the highest property tax rates in the country. The Great Lake State's average effective property tax rate is 1.32%, well above the national average of 0.99%.

What tax rate do I use? The Texas state sales and use tax rate is 6.25 percent, but local taxing jurisdictions (cities, counties, special-purpose districts and transit authorities) also may impose sales and use tax up to 2 percent for a total maximum combined rate of 8.25 percent.

A personal property tax is imposed by state or local governments on certain assets that can be touched and moved such as cars, livestock, or equipment. Personal property includes assets other than land or permanent structures such as buildings. These are considered to be real property.