Our Sources
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Every guide on this site is fact-checked against official primary sources — almost always the New Jersey Division of Taxation. This page is the master list. Individual guides additionally cite the specific sources behind their claims, and we encourage you to verify anything important directly:
Program pages (NJ Division of Taxation)
- Property Tax Relief Programs (hub) — The state's master page for all relief programs and the PAS-1 application.
- ANCHOR Program — Eligibility, amounts, filing, and the official benefit status tool.
- Senior Freeze (Property Tax Reimbursement) — Base year rules, income limits, and reimbursement details.
- Stay NJ — Property Tax Relief for Senior Citizens — The new senior benefit: calculation, installments, coordination rules.
- Property Tax Relief Programs FAQs — The Division's own answers on cross-program questions.
Contact and verification channels
- Division of Taxation — Contact Us — Regional information centers and every official phone line.
- NJ Department of the Treasury — News — Official announcements for payment starts, deadlines, and program changes.
Scam reporting
- NJCCIC (NJ Cybersecurity & Communications Integration Cell) — State channel for reporting phishing and cyber incidents.
- FTC — Report Fraud — Federal reporting for scam texts, calls, and websites.
A note on phone numbers
The numbers cited across our guides — the ANCHOR hotline (1-888-238-1233), the automated benefit line (1-800-323-4400), the Senior Freeze line (1-800-882-6597), and the general Division line (609-826-4282) — are published by the Division of Taxation at the contact page above. If a number here ever disagrees with nj.gov, trust nj.gov and tell us.