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Robert M. Vance, Tax Administrator

Phone:		908-541-5701
Fax:		908-685-0956
Mail:		20 Grove Street, P.O. Box 3000, Somerville, NJ 08876
Email:		TaxBoard@co.somerset.nj.us
Location:		27 Warren Street, 4th Floor, Somerville

Maintains all county records on taxable property.
Supervises and directs all municipal tax assessors.
Approves all assessments and orders revaluations when necessary to maintain tax equity for all citizens.
Hears appeals filed by taxpayers on their assessments and orders changes where justified.

Tax Appeal Forms

For the year 2017, any tax assessment appeal must be filed by April 3, 2017 in the following municipalities: Manville Borough, Montgomery Township, North Plainfield Borough, Raritan Borough, Somerville Borough and South Bound Brook Borough. With reference to revaluation and reassessment districts, the petition of appeal must be filed by May 1, 2017 and those towns are as follows: Bedminster Township, Bernards Township, Bernardsville Borough, Bound Brook Borough, Branchburg Township, Bridgewater Township, Far Hills Borough, Franklin Township, Green Brook Township, Hillsborough Township, Millstone Borough, Peapack-Gladstone Borough, Rocky Hill Borough, Warren Township and Watchung Borough.

The following forms are available to download to file an appeal. The Petition of Appeal should not be filed until after you receive the postcard notice of the 2017 assessment and will not be accepted by our office until that time (generally around mid- February). Before the end of the year, it may be helpful to contact your municipal assessor if you have questions regarding your assessment. You may find that an appeal is not necessary.

Tax Appeal Form With Instructions
Comparable Sales Analysis Form with Instructions
Legal Guidelines for Tax Appeal Process
Understanding Tax Appeal Hearings
Instruction Regarding Comparable Sales
Added and Omitted Appeal Form (Deadline to appeal an added assessment is December 1st)
Municipal Assessor Contacts

To look up sales information to help verify comparable sales, you may find this link for the SR1A Search useful. Follow the instructions on the page to find out when properties sold, if it is listed as a "usable" sale and for how much.

To search for your assessment information and to reprint the assessment notice postcard, you may click on this link, Records Search and follow the instructions.

Tax Board Proceedings

Regular Tax Board Meetings are held on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 12 noon with the exception of the Re-organization meeting on Monday, May 1, 2017.

2016 Minutes 2017 Minutes

January 2016 January 2017

February 2016 February 2017

March 2016 March 2017

April 2016 April 2017

Appeal Hearing Dates

All of the hearings for the 2017 appeals have been concluded. The judgments have been sent out. The judgment of the county board of taxation may be appealed to the Tax Court of New Jersey by filing a complaint with the Tax Court Management Office within 45 days from the date of the mailing of the judgment. The Tax Court of New Jersey is located at the Richard J Hughes Justice Complex, 25 Market Street, Trenton, NJ.

Mailing Address: PO Box 972, Trenton, NJ 06825-0972. Phone number: (609) 292-5082