OCNJ Tax Collection

City Services Home

Residents
       City Council
       City Departments
          Police Services
          Administration
          Public Works
             Recycle Information
          Fire & Rescue Services
          Community Services
          Planning and Engineering
             Planning
          Financial Management
             Tax Collection
       City Clerk
       Boards and Commissions
       Emergency Management
       Environment
          Earth Day 2010
       Info to Know

Visitors
       Why Visit OCNJ
       Box Office

Special Events

Business & Services
       Purchasing - Current RFPs & Bid Specifications

Recreation
       Aquatic and Fitness Center
       Bayside and Marina
       Recreation Activities
       Recreation Special Events

Employment

Contact Us

Friday, July 30, 2010

Web Site

You are here:

NEW - Tax Reminders and Information Email Alerts
Click HERE

Tax Collection News...

Tax bills are in the process of being mailed. The grace period has been extended until August 25, 2010. Sorry, post marks are not accepted.

Tax payments can now be paid on line using an ACH electronic check payment process. CLICK HERE TO BEGIN.

Tax collection hours of operation are from 8:45-4:30 Monday thru Friday.

Mailing address: Ocean City Tax Collector, P.O. Box 208, Ocean City, NJ08226

Overnight mailing address: 861 Asbury Ave.

Phone: 609-525-9379 Fax: 609-399-5047

General information:

Due Dates for the current billing cycle: August 1, 2010, November 1, 2010, Feb. 1, 2011 & May 1, 2011. The grace period is 10 days except the August 2010 quarter that ends August 25, 2010.

Current interest rates: 8% on the first $1,500.00 of delinquency and 18% above $1,500.00. There is a 6% year end penalty on any delinquency in excess of $10,000 if not paid by the end of the calender year.

Change of address: Please send change of address to the address above on separate correspondence.

Senior Citizen Property Tax Relief Programs

State of NJ Property Tax Reimbursement Program

March 1, 2010 update:

The State of NJ Division of Taxation is in the process of mailing applications for the 2009 property tax reimbursement (PTR) to senior citizens and disabled residents who have been eligible for the PTR program. Public Inquiries can call toll free phone 1-800-882-6597 or e-mail nj.taxatio@treas.state.nj.us. A limited supply of booklets are available in the tax collector's office.

The PTR program reimburses qualified applicants for the property tax increases they may incur each year from the base year. The base year is the first year an applicant meets eligibility requirements. It is important to understand the taxpayer pays the taxes as they come due and then the increase is reimbursed the following year. For example, the applications to be mailed are for the 2009 tax year. The deadline to submit the application is June 1, 2010.

The program is available to permanent New Jersey residents as follows:

Are age 65 or over or disabled, have lived in NJ for 10 years, have owned and occupied their home for the last (3) years and meet income limitations.

Residents applying for the 2009 reimbursement must have total income for 2008 that was $70,000 or less and total income for 2009 of $80,000 or less.

Email Tax Collection...

Email:

Name:

Subject:

Message:

Security Code

Enter the code shown above in the box below

Send

OFFICIAL 2010 BEACH FEE INFORMATION

Pre-Season Online Store is now closed

Beach Tags are required for children age 12 & up and are required thru Labor Day.

Beach tags are available at the following locations:

Music Pier, Moorlyn Terrace on the Boardwalk, 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. (Daily)

City Hall, 861 Asbury Ave from 9 to 4 (M-F)

Henry S. Knight Building, 115 12th St. from 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. (M-F)

Aquatic & Fitness Center, 1735 Simpson Ave. 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. (Daily)

Roy Gillian Welcome Center, 9th St. 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. (M-F)
Weekends: 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.

Municipal Building, 46th & West Ave. 10:00A.M. to 4:00 P.M. (Weekends)

Beach tags are also available various locations along the boardwalk and from our Beach Inspector's on the beach.

Seasonal beach tags cost $20.00, Weekly tags cost $10.00, Daily $5.00

Pre-Season Online Store is now closed

2010 Mail Oder Form

For more information, contact us: Beach Tags

* No refunds or exchanges of beach tags under any circumstances.

* The City of Ocean City is not responsible for misplaced, lost, stolen or forgotten beach tags

*Caution: Beach tags may come off bathing suits if worn in the ocean.

* Please be advised to display a counterfeit or forged beach tags is a third degree crime and will be prosecuted.

* Weekly beach tags are $10.00 and are good for any period between Friday and the following Saturday. For example, the first day of use is Friday June 18th. This weekly tag would be good for any period between Friday June 18th thru Saturday June 26th.

* Daily tags cost $5.00.

Why Beach tags?

Beach tags are required in most municipalities along the New Jersey coastline. They are a user fee to help offset the local municipalities cost of maintaining their beaches and providing lifeguards and other services such as trash removal, beach cleaning and the purchase of needed equipment and police protection.

The cost of these items and all of the other beach benefits are supported by this user fee known as the beach tag. The beach fee program was approved by the residents of Ocean City in 1976 and continued since that time to help offset all of the costs associated with the beach.

| |