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2022 homeowner tax rebate credit (HTRC)

Note: The homeowner tax rebate credit was a one-year program which ended in 2022. The credit is not available for future years. If you have questions about the program or received a letter regarding your 2022 payment, see:

Eligibility

To be eligible for a homeowner tax rebate credit in 2022, you must have:

  • qualified for a 2022 STAR credit or exemption,
  • had income that was less than or equal to $250,000 for the 2020 income tax year, and
  • a school tax liability for the 2022-2023 school year that is more than your 2022 STAR benefit.

Note: You did not need to calculate your income to receive the homeowner tax rebate credit. We calculated income for eligibility purposes, and we issued the credit based on that determination.

Homeowner tax rebate credit amounts

The amount of your rebate credit was dependent on:

  • where your home was located,
  • how much your income was, and
  • whether you received Enhanced STAR or Basic STAR.

To help homeowners estimate the amount of the credit they would receive, we published a credit lookup.

To understand how we calculated your credit amount, choose which type of homeowner you were in 2022:

Limitations

The amount of your homeowner tax rebate credit could not be more than the amount of your net school tax liability for the 2022–2023 school year after taking into account your 2022 STAR benefit. For example:

  • If you received the Basic STAR credit, and your school tax bill was $1,000 and your STAR credit was $600, then your homeowner tax rebate credit could not be more than the difference ($400).
  • If you received the Basic STAR exemption on your school tax bill, and your school tax bill was $400, your homeowner tax rebate credit could not be more than $400.

By law, the Tax Department could not issue a homeowner tax rebate credit for less than $100.

Definition of income for the homeowner tax rebate credit 

For the homeowner tax rebate credit, income was defined as federal adjusted gross income (FAGI) from two years prior (tax year 2020), modified so that:

  • the net amount of loss reported on federal Schedule C, D, E or F is $3,000 or less, 
  • the net amount of any other separate category of loss is $3,000 or less, and
  • the aggregate amount of all losses is $15,000 or less.

Frequently asked questions

I haven’t received my homeowner tax rebate credit (HTRC) check.

I received my check, and I have questions

STAR and homeowner tax rebate credit

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