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KITCHEN:
SENIORS CAN SIGN UP NOW FOR EXPANDED REBATE
PROGRAM
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Kitchen |
HARRISBURG, September 12 -- With the
Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program’s income
limits being raised from $15,000 to $35,000,
State Sen. Shirley Kitchen (D-Philadelphia)
is encouraging senior citizens to sign up
now to have an application mailed to them
early next year.
“We were able to make an
additional 400,000 people eligible for
rebates with these income limit raises,”
Kitchen said. “By signing up now, it will
help assure that an application is mailed to
you when they become available next
February.”
By virtue of the recently enacted
property tax relief law, the income limit
for the Property Tax/Rent Rebate Program was
more than doubled to $35,000 (only half of
income earned from Social Security,
Supplemental Security Income, and Railroad
Retirement Tier 1 benefits counts as income
under the program).
Kitchen said seniors can sign up for a
rebate application now either online at www.papropertytaxrelief.com
or by calling toll-free at 1-888-222-9190.
The rebate checks would be issued in July
2007, based on property taxes or rent paid
during 2006. Those eligible for the program
are Pennsylvanians 65 and older; widows and
widowers age 50 and older; and people with
permanent disabilities over 18 years of age. |
