01/06/2024 Assessment Community Weekly
Reminder: Respond to RPS Online mini surveys by Friday, January 10
If you have not already done so, please take a few minutes to complete the RPS Online mini surveys. Your feedback is invaluable to the ongoing development of RPS Online.
Surveys:
- Custom Reports: Please provide input on your frequency of use, categories of data used, obstacles, and improvement opportunities.
- Custom Letters: Please provide input on your frequency of use, topics of letters, obstacles, and improvement opportunities.
- Custom Labels: Please provide input on your frequency of use, size of labels needed, what you use custom labels for, obstacles, and improvement opportunities.
- Custom Batch Update: Please provide input on your frequency of use, topics of letters, obstacles, and improvement opportunities.
- Update Utility: Please provide input on your frequency of use, categories of data used, obstacles, and recommendations for improvement opportunities.
If you have questions or input about RPS Online, please send them to RPSOnline@tax.ny.gov. We will take your feedback into consideration as we continue to develop the system, and we will use your questions to build a frequently asked questions webpage for the assessment community.
STAR web updates
- The STAR handout for new homeowners is updated for 2025. It reflects the Enhanced STAR income limit of $107,300 for the 2025-2026 school year, as well as noting that the 2023 tax information is required to register for the credit. Translated versions will be updated in the coming weeks. Note: If the 2024 handout opens for you instead of the 2025 version, clear your browsing history and cache and try again.
- We’ve updated the 2024 final STAR credit and exemption savings amounts for all counties.
Sign up for 2025 Winter-Spring ORPTS Classes
We’ve updated the ORPTS training schedule through Spring 2025. Classes fill up quickly, so don’t delay.
Recently added: Introduction to Farm Appraisal registration is now available for April 21 to 25 in Plattsburgh.
Have questions or need an accommodation to attend one of our classes? Email orpts.edservices@tax.ny.gov.
Reminder: Final status of property tax-related legislation
The Governor took action on several property tax-related bills as the Legislature wrapped up the 2024 year. The 2024 current status webpage is now final.
Note: Some of the bills signed into law also have an accompanying approval memo. We expect the Legislature to introduce chapter amendments for those bills early in the 2025 session.
To view the text of a bill, visit New York State Legislature. (To search, enter the bill number without the period, for example, X1234-x.)
In addition, the Summary of 2024 Real Property Tax Legislation is now available along with historical updates stretching back more than two decades.