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"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Martin Luther King, Jr.

Property Tax and Rent Refund

Apply between August 1st and May 31st

The Tax and Rent Refund program has been expanded. More Maine residents now qualify for a partial refund of property tax and/or rent they paid in the prior year. The maximum refund available is now $2,000. You may qualify for a refund if:

  • You do not have a spouse or dependent(s) and your household income was $74,500 or less; or
  • You do have a spouse or dependent(s) and your household income was $99,500 or less AND
  • Your property tax was more than 4% of your household income; or
  • The rent you paid was more than 20% of your household income.

NOTE: Seniors do not need to meet this requirement when their household income is below $12,400 for those living alone or below $15,300 for those living with a spouse or dependent.

Get an application at your town or city office, library, Area Agency on Aging, Community Action Program, or get an application from Maine Revenue Services online or by calling 624 -7894; or call Maine Equal Justice 1-866-626-7059.

Disclaimer

Maine Equal Justice Partners
May 2007

We are providing this information as a public service. We try to make it accurate as of the date indicated for each client education page. Sometimes the law changes. We cannot guarantee or promise that this information is always up-to-date and correct. Feel free to contact us to find out if there have been any changes since the date of the information provided.

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