ASSESSOR’S OFFICE

 

 

Address:               Town of Saratoga Offices

                           30 Ferry Street

                           PO Box 38

                           Schuylerville, NY  12871

 

Telephone:            (518) 695-4034, ext 12

Fax:                     (518) 695-6782

Email:                   assessortos@nycap.rr.com

 

Sole Assessor:       Victoria L. Hayner

Assessor Clerk:      Danielle Haas

 

Office Hours:         The Assessor’s Clerk will be in the office

                           Tuesday through Friday

9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

 

The Assessor will be present in the office:

                           Monday:           9:00 AM – 1:00 PM

                           Wednesday:    10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

                           Friday:           10:00 AM – 2:00 PM

                                                Or

                       call and schedule a mutually agreeable appointment

 

The Assessor’s Office is responsible for:

 

• Establishing and maintaining property assessments which are used to satisfy the Town, County and School tax levy
• Maintaining property ownership, inventory records, recording sales and exemption filings
• Helping taxpayers to fill out and file exemption forms
• Keeping current with property tax laws and changes to the roll of assessor by taking classes and attending conferences.

 

 

 

Middle Class STAR Program

 

The enacted NYS budget for the fiscal year 2007 included a real property tax relief program known as “Middle Class STAR”.  The new program expands upon the existing STAR program by providing an increased benefit for homeowners with “affiliated” incomes less than $250,000/year.  The increased benefit will be administered by the NYS Department of Taxation & Finance and will be paid in the form of rebate checks.  The increase in the Basic STAR benefit will be determined on a sliding scale keyed to income affiliated with the property.  Applications may be submitted online or via regular mail, and applicants will be notified of the need to apply by the NYS Department of Taxation & Finance.  Applicants will not have to reapply for the rebates in future years.

 

Those who receive Enhanced STAR will receive a rebate check in an amount equal to 25% of their 2006-2007 savings this year.  Recipients of the Enhanced STAR will receive their checks automatically and will not have to apply.

 

If you have further questions, please contact our office.

 

 

Exemption renewal forms will be mailed to Town residents in mid-December.  If you would like to fill out and turn in your renewal form earlier, forms may be obtained at the Assessor’s Office or by accessing the State Office of Real Property Service (ORPS) website @ www.orps.state.ny.us and clicking on forms.