Are there any options for senior citizens to avoid paying property taxes or at least pay reduced taxes?
There is a Property Tax/Rent Rebate available through the Pennsylvania Department of Aging. Households with claimants or spouses 65 years of age or older; widows or widowers 50 years of age or older; and the permanently disabled 18 years of age or older who meet income eligibility requirements may qualify for this program. Rebates of paid property tax or rent, up to a maximum of $500 per year, are available. To qualify, annual household eligibility income must not exceed $15,000. You may exclude 50 percent of Social Security/Railroad Retirement income in determining eligibility income limit. Forms are available on the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue web site www.state.pa.us or call the Chester County Department of Aging Services at 610-344-6350.
