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RP-425-IVP (7/16)
Instructions
General information
Privacy notification
The Privacy Act of 1974 requires us to advise you that
To participate in the STAR Income Verification Program,
the law which allows us to ask for your Social Security
you must complete this form and submit it to your local
numbers is section 425 (4)(b)(iv) of the New York Real
assessor by the application deadline with:
Property Tax Law. It is not mandatory that you furnish
• Form RP-425-E (if you are applying to begin receiving
your Social Security numbers. If you choose to furnish
an Enhanced STAR exemption), or
them, they will be forwarded to the New York State
• Form RP-425-Rnw (if you are applying to renew an
Department of Taxation and Finance, which will use them
Enhanced STAR exemption that you are already
to verify, or attempt to verify, whether your income is
receiving),
greater than the applicable income standard for purposes
• Any necessary federal or New York State income tax
of the Enhanced STAR exemption. If you choose not
return(s).
to furnish your Social Security numbers, you will be
unable to participate in the STAR Income Verification
You must supply the Social Security numbers of all of the
Program. That means that in order to continue receiving
owners of the property, and of any owner’s spouse who
the Enhanced STAR exemption, you will have to submit
resides on the premises.
a copy of your income tax return(s) for the applicable
In the first year, we will verify your eligibility based on the
income tax year to the assessor with your STAR
income tax return(s) you submit. In the following years,
application by the application deadline each year.
we will automatically verify your income eligibility and
If you have any questions, please contact your local
you will not need to reapply for the exemption or provide
assessor’s office.
copies of your tax returns to your local assessor, as long
as we can verify that your income (not including taxable
IRA distributions) is no greater than the applicable income
standard.
We will not disclose your income to the assessor. We will
only disclose:
(a) whether your income is or is not greater than the
applicable income standard, or
(b) that we were unable to determine whether your
income is greater than the applicable income
standard.
In the latter case, you will have an opportunity to give
the assessor the material he or she needs to make the
determination.
Participants in the STAR Income Verification Program
will receive a postcard from the assessor each year. The
postcard will inform them if:
• the department was able to verify their income; or
• the department was unable to verify their income and
they should contact their assessor.
Participants are not required to reapply annually for the
exemption but are requested to advise the assessor if
the property is no longer their primary residence or if the
ownership of the property has changed.

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