It is the responsibility of the Assessor's Office to uniformly value all properties in the municipality so that all taxpayers pay their fair share of the tax obligations for the schools, the county, and the municipality.

Angela Mattiace 
Tax Assessor, Office Hours Monday and Thursday 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm Phone 201-784-0600 ext 486 Email amattiace@closternj.us

Rose Mitchell
Tax Assessor's Assistant , Office Hours, Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 4:30pm

Tax Maps of Borough of Closter

The Assessor's Office is located in the Municipal Building. 2nd Floor

 
The local property tax is measured by property values and is apportioned among taxpayers according to the assessed value of taxable property owned by each taxpayer. It is a local tax assessed and collected by the Borough of Closter for the support of the school district, county government, and municipal government. The amount of local property tax (tax levy) is determined each year by the amount of revenue needed to meet the municipal budget requirements not covered by fees and other revenue sources. this along with the needs of the school district and the county determine the amount needed to be raised by taxation. Therefore, the local property tax is determined by dividing the amount to be raised by the total assessed valuation of all properties expressed in $1.00 per $100.00 of taxable assessed property. There are several tax deductions available to qualifying taxpayers. Applications for these deductions can be obtained from the Assessor's Office:

• Disabled veterans exemption

• Vetern deduction

• Un-remarried widow of veteran deduction

• Un-remarried widow of disabled veteran exemption

• Surviving spouse (55 years or older) of existing senior citizen

• Disabled person deduction

Other information can be obtained by contacting:

State of New Jersey 
Bergen County Board of Taxation
Tax Hotline 609-588-2200 
Bergen County Board of Taxation - Tax Board
Automated Tax Information 
One Bergen County Plaza, Room 370
800-323-4400 
Hackensack, NJ
609-588-2525 
201-336-6300