Tax Collector

Please note: All payments made after 12/30/2022 will be posted in January 2023.

***E-Bills are available for your SEWER accounts. If you would like to receive an email instead of a paper sewer bill in the mail, please send an email collector@bernards.org subject line "E-Bill Request" and include your name and property address.***

The Tax Collector is responsible for the billing, collection and reporting of taxes for all non-exempt Township properties. Additionally, we bill, collect and report sewer user fees for all properties within the Bernards Township Sewerage Authority area.

Property taxes are based on the assessor's valuation of real property and levied for the calendar year. The taxes for the Township, local school district, county purposes and both local and county open space are combined into one levy that is apportioned on the tax bill by rate and amount for taxpayer information only. Taxes levied for purposes of the local school district cover the current calendar year.

The Tax Collector collected 99.62% of the total tax levy in 2021. The Tax Collection division services 10,672 tax accounts and 7,225 sewer accounts as of 1-1-22.

Bernards Township's tax rate for 2022 is as follows:

• County Tax $ 0.312
• County Open Space $ 0.031
• District School $ 1.335
• Municipal Tax $ 0.299
• Municipal Library $ 0.034
• Total Rate 2022 $2.011

Final 2022/Preliminary 2023 Tax Bills have all been mailed as of July 22, 2022.

Please contact our office for information concerning veteran deductions and senior/disabled deductions.

***Please note, postmark dates are not an indication of receipt by the Tax Collector.  Physical custody by the Tax Collector determines receipt for our purposes.***