Brewer and Lee read questions on exemption deadlines, late filings, and authorized filers
The chairs ask about handling late filings, whether the administration is comfortable taxing primary residents who miss deadlines, and whether authorized persons or managing agents can file exemptions on behalf of covered owners, including for JLWQA units.
11.
The department recently expanded the deadline to file an exemption from August 2-4 to September 18.
Do you believe this is an adequate time?
A.
How will finance handle late filings of exemptions?
B.
Is this administration comfortable with imposing the tax on a primary resident homeowner if they end up missing the deadline by one day?
C.
What if they had been hospitalized?
D.
What if they missed the deadline by a few weeks?
E.
Can you commit to allowing people to continue to approve their residency even past the deadline?
Maybe allow for an extension where there is good cause for a late submission and where there is not requiring those who missed the deadline to pay a late fee, which would encourage people to file by the deadline, but not suck the full text if they missed the deadline.
People mentioned that people might be in the hospital.
Who can file documentation for an exemption?
A, can an authorized person or other than a covered owner submit proof of primary residency on behalf of a covered owner who is 65 or older?
B, what about for condo and co-op unit owners?
Can the managing agents file the paperwork on behalf of a covered owner?
And C, can an owner of a JLWQA, Joint Live Work Quarters for Artists, unit apply for an exemption and under what criteria?