County raises income eligibility for disabled residents to qualify for tax exemptions
ALBION – The Orleans County Legislature voted today to raise the eligibility levels for disabled residents to qualify for reductions on their county taxes.
The county in 2007 passed a local law that capped the income levels at $11,399 for disabled residents to receive an exemption. (At $10,500 to $11,399 in annual income, a disabled resident was receiving a 5 percent discount on county taxes.)
Residents, in the amended law, can now have incomes up to $23,899 and receive a 5 percent exemption on their county taxes.
The previous law gave disabled residents a 50 percent discount on their taxes if their income was $3,000 or less annually. Disabled residents can now have incomes up to $15,500 annually and qualify for the 50 percent reduction.
The county has a sliding scale exemption rate, ranging from 50 percent off to 5 percent.
Here is the new schedule:
Annual Income Tax Exemption
$15,500 or less 50%
$15,500.01-$16,499.99 45%
$16,500-$17,499.99 40%
$17,500-$18,499.99 35%
$18,500-$19,399.99 30%
$19,400-$20,299.99 25%
$20,300-$21,299.99 20%
$21,200-$22,099.99 15%
$22,100-$22,999.99 10%
$23,000-$23,899.99 5%
