Last Chance: Manalapan Taxes Due Wednesday

The Tax Collector’s office will have extended hours on Thursday, May 2 from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Manalapan Township's second quarter taxes are due on Wednesday, May 1. New Jersey law (NJSA 54:5-67) allows the township to permits a 10 day grace period. Payments must be received in our office on or before May 10, all payments received after 4 p.m. on May 10 will accrue interest harges calculated from the original due date of May 1. The Tax Collector's Office closes at 4 p.m. Monday through Friday. After hours, taxpayers may utilize the drop box located on the Tax Collector's Office door.  The drop box is available Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Payments left in the drop box after 4 p.m. will be considered received as of the next business day. The Tax Collector’s office will have extended hours on Thursday, May 2 from 8:30 a…

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Hurricane Sandy

Tax Assistance Events for Sandy-Affected Areas

The free events are designed help individuals and businesses prepare their 2012 tax returns.

The State's Treasury Department's Division of Taxation has organized a number of tax assistance outreach events throughout February and March in towns affected by Hurricane Sandy, Gov. Chris Christie's office announced Thursday.  The events, scheduled during the height of tax season, are being held in towns that suffered heavy damage during Sandy as well as adjacent municipalities. The events will be located at libraries or other public buildings. The events are scattered throughout Monmouth, Ocean and Bergen Counties. The tax assistance events are free and residents can register online by visiting https://www.state.nj.us/treas/taxation/contactus_tytstormsandyrelief.shtml.. Residents can also email outreach.tax@treas.state.nj.us or call …

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Tax Prep Help At Monmouth County Library Branches

Need help with taxes? The Monmouth County Library is here to help!

Englishtown Has One Of State's Lowest Tax Bills; Highest Rate Increases

Cost of rebuilding after Sandy could affect rates, according to Star-Ledger analysis

Englishtown Borough's property tax bills remain the among lowest in the state. But the township had one of the highest increases in 2012. Englishtown's 5.8 percent tax hike was the 25th highest out of 566 total tax bill hikes, according to a Star-Ledger analysis. Councilman Greg Wojyn sat down with Englishtown Chief Financial Officer Laurie Finger and came up with a different tax rate increase for the Borough than the state did. "Our actual tax rate increase went up 4.38 percent in Englishtown and that's all within the budgetary cap," Wojyn said. In terms of increases, the taxes for the high school, fire district, and Monmouth County all went up approximately one penny each. Additionally, the Borough had $23,000 in tax appeals that they …

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The Week Ahead: Budgets, Budgets, Budgets

The 2012 budgets for the school districts and municipalities will be presented this week.

The hot topic in Manalapan and Englishtown this week is the 2012 budgets. The Freehold Regional High School District, the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District, the Englishtown Council and the Manalapan Township Committee will all be presenting and voting to adopt their 2012 budgets this week. If you are interested in attending these presentations so that you can have a better understanding of what affect these budgets may have on your taxes see the information below. Budget Presentation on Monday, March 26 at 8 p.m. at Freehold High School, 2 Robertsville Rd., Freehold. The budget presentation and hearing will be followed by a regular board of education meeting. For the agenda, click here. Budget Presentation on Tuesday, March 27…

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Christie Team Underestimates Cost of Income Tax Cut

Pricetag would jump from $197 million next year to over $1.3 billion by FY2016.

Gov. Chris Christie’s proposed 10 percent across-the-board income tax cut will cost the state budget hundreds of millions of dollars more than previously acknowledged. Budget documents and public statements by the governor and other administration officials pegged the cost of the phased-in income tax cut at $183.3 million in the first year and just under $1.1 billion when fully implemented. But an NJ Spotlight analysis showed that the actual first-year cost of the income tax cut is $197.3 million and that the cost when fully implemented in Fiscal Year 2016 could easily top $1.3 billion. The cost of the income tax cut is a crucial issue as Christie and Democratic legislative leaders debate the relative merits of an income tax cut that would…

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Englishtown to Introduce 2011 Budget Wednesday

The council to propose two cent tax increase to cover police upgrades and 2 percent raise for all borough employees.

Residents are invited to attend a public meeting at Englishtown Municipal Building on Wednesday, March 23, when the Borough Council is expected to introduce their 2011 budget along with other new business items. As discussed in a special meeting held March 9, the Borough Council intends to begin the process of adopting a budget which will carry a surplus and raise municipal taxes two cents per $100 of assessed property value.  Once the budget is introduced, the council will have a month to deliberate and make adjustments up or down before final adoption at a public meeting scheduled for April 27. The borough's surplus comes from two sources of revenue: increased ticketing due to special traffic officers who on average write more than 60 …

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Englishtown Seeking 2 Cent Tax Increase

Councilwoman Carr: "It's a Cadillac budget." Increased ticketing and water and sewer revenues responsible for surplus. Borough hires new tax assessor.

Unless another Council member seconds Councilwoman Jayne Carr's motion to explore budget reduction measures, Englishtown residents can expect to see their taxes rise two cents per $100 of assessed property value in 2011. A special meeting was held Wednesday evening at the Englishtown Municipal Building to discuss budget and personnel matters. Scheduled to be formally introduced at a meeting March 23, the proposed budget includes a two percent raise for all borough employees, new computers for the police department, and a new police car. Carr led off the meeting by stating that the recommendation of borough CFO Laurie Finger was to leave money in the surplus and raise taxes by two cents on the $100. "At the end of the last budget workshop, …

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