Hanover Township seniors eligible for tax exemptions

Hanover Township residents 65 years of age or older will receive renewal forms for senior citizen property tax exemptions in early January, and will have until Feb. 6 to complete them.

Local seniors should feel free to call the office of Hanover Township Assessor Thomas S. Smogolski for help with the forms.

There are two senior tax exemptions:

The Senior Exemption, available to all seniors regardless of income, reduces property taxes by about $800. It is available for any owner-occupied residential property if the owner was born in 1953 or earlier.

The Senior Freeze provides seniors with additional savings if the combined income of all members of the household is less than $65,000, and if the senior has been an owner-occupant of the property since Jan. 1, 2017.