Senior Tax Exemption Deadline April 1st
March 6, 2019
Mayor Brian Arrigo reminds everyone that the April 1 application deadline for the Seniors Property Tax exemption is fast approaching.
Seniors can receive a discount of $502.06 on their April tax bill. Residents who turned age 65 as of July 1, 2018 have until April 1 to apply for the exemption.
To qualify, an applicant must have owned the property in Revere on July 1, 2018, used it as a principle domicile on that date, and have owned that property as a principle domicile for at least five years prior. Applicants may also have owned another property in Massachusetts as a principle domicile for the previous five years. Applicants whose income exceeded $57,000 in calendar year 2017 are not eligible.
Applications for the Senior Tax Exemption program can be obtained at City Hall in the Mayor's and the Assessors' office, or can be downloaded from the City's website www.revere.org.