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Sunday, December 30, 2007
Charles Gibson with ABC World News reported an interesting alternative way to paying for your property tax bill: allowing seniors to work off a portion of their property taxes. For example, a retired lawyer could do legal work for the town. A former accountant could help town administrators with finance management.
Given that many seniors are on fixed incomes and have difficulty paying their ever-increasing property tax bills, these programs provide a great avenue of relief for many seniors. A typical program, such as the one in Greenburgh, New York, allows senior citizens who are over the age of 60 to earn a property tax credit up to $1,000 per year by working for the town.
As noted by one Greenburgh Senior Citizen: "There's a lot of good talent going to waste . . . You know, we're not dead. We're just retired."
This full article may be found here:
Given that many seniors are on fixed incomes and have difficulty paying their ever-increasing property tax bills, these programs provide a great avenue of relief for many seniors. A typical program, such as the one in Greenburgh, New York, allows senior citizens who are over the age of 60 to earn a property tax credit up to $1,000 per year by working for the town.
As noted by one Greenburgh Senior Citizen: "There's a lot of good talent going to waste . . . You know, we're not dead. We're just retired."
This full article may be found here:
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