Attention Homeowners and Renters! The ANCHOR filing deadline is October 31, 2025. This program offers property tax relief to New Jersey residents who own or rent property in New Jersey as their main home and meet certain income limits. 

This year's ANCHOR benefit is based on residency, income, and age from 2024. For residents under 65 and not collecting Social Security disability benefits, the ANCHOR filing season has begun. Treasury will file on behalf of most eligible residents and they began sending those residents their Anchor Benefit Confirmation Letter on August 13, 2025, with details of the upcoming filing. If you receive a letter and need to change your banking information, or prefer to request a paper check, then you will have to file your own application by September 15, 2025. If you do not receive an Anchor Benefit Confirmation Letter, you can file an ANCHOR application on your own here: https://nj.gov/treasury/taxation/anchor/index.shtml.

NOTE: Senior residents or residents collecting Social Security disability benefits can apply for all three senior property tax programs – Stay NJ, Senior Freeze, and ANCHOR - now using the new combined application, PAS-1.