Tax Rebates Now Arriving In The Mail For New York Homeowners

Whether you like it or not, the Empire State is fairly famous for several things. Tops among them are our taxes. Hate it or love it, New York State does, dreams, suggests, or even thinks about it, and you can rest assured that a tax will be attached to it.

We all know New York will tax it no matter how much it is or what it's for. From marijuana and cigarettes to cars, houses, and countless other things, we continue to pay some of the highest taxes in the entire country.

While it is true that we pay ridiculous amounts in the Empire State, especially for our schools, officials from the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance allow some New Yorkers to get some of our taxes back in a rebate.

The New York State School Tax Relief (STAR) program gives certain Empire State homeowners a property tax payment refund if they meet certain eligibility requirements.

If you qualify for STAR and submit your application, you are in for some good news. Rebate checks are out in the mail and should arrive any day.

If you didn't apply for your STAR rebate this year, it's too late to qualify for a refund, but you can apply next year.

You can find more information about the deadline and application process here on the STAR website.

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See The 10 States With The Highest Tax Burden

We can count on two things in life. Death and taxes.

In the state of New York, we can count on those taxes being high. But how high is our tax burden in the Empire State versus other states?

Wallethub recently ranked each of the 50 states based on overall tax burden which they define as "...the proportion of total personal income that residents pay toward state and local taxes." These rankings base that ax burden number on property, income, and sales taxes.

Here are the top 10 states from those rankings, And, yes, no surprise - New York made the list. But are we that bad off? See where New York ranks!

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