Tax Assessor

The Tax Assessor for Woocliff Lake is Raymond Tighe. Mr. Tighe is available in his WCL office on Mondays and Wednesdays from 4:30 PM to 6:30 PM. His direct line is (201) 391-4977, ext 220 and he can be contacted by email at taxassessor@wclnj.com.

New Jersey’s real property tax is “Ad Valorem” or a “tax according to the value”, meaning that each person pays tax based on the value of the property he or she owns.

The Tax Assessor Office maintains official documents:

• Tax maps
• Recording New Property Owners
• Property Record Cards
• Subdivisions
• Reviews of tax abatement applications
• Reviews of tax exemption applications
• Initial statement organization claiming tax exemption
• Further statement organization claiming tax exemption
• Pre-construction reviews to project estimated taxes
• Inspects and assesses taxable new construction property
• Evaluates property assessment changes due to demolitions, fires, etc.

Senior Citizens, Disabled Persons, Surviving Spouse
N.J. Constitution authorizes an annual deduction of $250.00 from real property taxes on a dwelling house which is owned and occupied by a citizen of New Jersey as of October 1st of the pretax year, is 65 years or older or permanently and totally disabled or qualifies as a surviving spouse of a senior citizen or disabled person, whose annual income is $10,000 or less, not including social security.

 
Veterans, Surviving Spouse 
To qualify for a deduction a claimant must be a New Jersey citizen prior to October 1st of the pretax year and have active wartime service in United States Armed Forces with Honorable Discharge.

Qualified N.J. resident war veterans having certain - service connected disabilities described in law or having been declared totally or l00% permanently disabled by the U.S. Veterans Administration are granted full tax exemption on their dwelling house and lot.