Deadline is June 30 for senior property tax relief

Area senior citizens who qualify for the Taney County Senior Real Estate Tax Relief Program must have the 2025 application to the County Collector’s office by 5 p.m. on Monday, June 30, 2025. Failure to submit the application on time will result in eligibility being delayed until the following year. 

The program was passed by the Taney Commission in May 2024, in response to Missouri SB 190, and amended in October 2024, to adopt modifications due to SB 756. Application must be made each year to continue receiving the credit.

The qualifications for taxpayers to be eligible for the program are as follows: 

• Age 62 years or older in the initial credit year; 

• Owner of record of a homestead or has legal/equitable interest, evidenced by a written instrument; 

• Is liable for payment of real property taxes on such homestead; 

• Occupies the homestead as their primary residence. 

The tax relief is a credit equal to the difference between an eligible taxpayer’s real property tax liability for a given year and the property tax liability on the homestead in the year the taxpayer became eligible for the program, essentially protecting seniors from increasing tax assessments with which their income may not keep up. For taxpayers eligible as of January 1, 2025, the credit will be calculated using 2024 as the base tax year, with the credit applied to the 2025 real estate tax statement. 

Applications can be picked up in person at the Collector’s office, printed from the website www.taneycountycollector.com, or requested by mail with a stamped, self-addressed envelope enclosed, at   

Taney County Collector

P.O. Box 278

132 David St.

Forsyth, MO 65653

The following items must be included with the application: 

• Paid 2024 Real Estate Tax receipt on primary residence; 

• Proof of age (copy of driver’s license, passport, or birth certificate); 

• Proof of residency at primary residence (driver’s license or voter ID); 

• Proof of ownership (warranty deed or quit claim deed; copy of deed and copy of trust or operating agreement) 

Applications must be signed in the presence of a notary; a notary is available 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Collector’s office on business days. For more information or specific questions, visit https://taneycountycollector.com .