STAR information for local officials

Exemption amounts

• STAR exemption amounts
  • Calculating STAR exemptions and credits
  • STAR differentials

STAR savings

• Maximum STAR exemption savings
• Compare STAR credit and exemption savings amounts
• How to calculate Enhanced STAR exemption savings amounts

STAR administration

• Late Enhanced STAR applications due to good cause
• Giving up a STAR benefit
• STAR and property tax delinquency
• Penalties related to the STAR program
• Correction of errors and STAR 
• Law change regarding manufactured homes and STAR   
  • RPSV4 manufactured home utility guide

• STAR resource center
• Handout for new homeowners
• Questions and answers for homeowners
• Calculating STAR exemptions and credits
• Giving up a STAR benefit

• STAR program actions and reports schedule
• Online Assessment Community
• How to access and download STAR reports
• How to submit STAR report changes

Before finalizing your tentative assessment roll

• Update your roll file based on the STAR exemption eligibility report (report #1)
• Remove the STAR exemption from the properties listed in the: 
  • Income greater than $250,000 report (report #2), and
  • Voluntary exemption removal report – initial (report #3)

Within 10 days of filing your tentative assessment roll

• Transmit your tentative assessment roll to the Tax Department

Before finalizing your final assessment roll

• Send the mobile home and co-op spreadsheets to the Tax Department
  • How to access the RPSV4 manufactured home worksheet when there are no STAR exemptions in the park
• Standardize the STAR exemption naming conventions
• Update your roll file based on the Tentative roll corrections report (report #4)
• Remove the STAR exemption from the properties listed in the STAR delinquency report (report #5)
• Remove the STAR exemption from the properties listed in the Voluntary exemption removal report – final (report #6)

Within 10 days of filing your final assessment roll

• Transmit your final assessment roll to the Tax Department

Before school tax bills are processed

• Update your roll file based on the Final roll corrections report (report #7)
• Update your roll file based on the STAR credit eligible report (report #8)
• Before generating school tax bills, be sure to use the correct STAR exemption amounts and ensure that the savings do not exceed the Maximum STAR savings.

Reports for your information only

• Senior income level report (report #9)
• NYS tax return deceased report (report #10)
• STAR credit issued report (report #11)

Before the processing of school tax bills

• Apply the STAR credit guidelines to your tax billing process
• Confirm that the STAR exemption naming conventions are standardized on the tax bill extracts

At least 30 days prior to the school tax levy

• Send your expected school tax rates to the Tax Department

No more than seven days after determining the rates

• Send your final school tax rates to the Tax Department

Within ten days of issuing tax bills

• Send your school tax bill data file to the Tax Department