Homestead Exemptions for Metro Atlanta

By admin • February 9th, 2010

The Homestead Tax Exemption provides homeowners in Georgia up to a $2000 cost reduction in their real estate property tax. Homeowners who qualify must use the property as their primary, legal residence (as of January 1, 2010) and you must file with your county by the deadline. In many instances, your County will mail a Homestead Tax Exemption application to the new owner of record; however this is not always the case. Contact your County Tax Commissioner’s / County Tax Assessor’s office.

Listed below are several Metro Atlanta county deadlines. If you miss the designated deadline you will lose your tax exemption for that year and will have to reapply the following year. Once you file a Homestead Exemption, you will never have to file again, as long as the property remains the legal and primary residence of the homeowner.

I live in the Buckhead section of Atlanta, which is in Fulton County. When I recently filed for a homestead exemption in January of 2010, I was required to bring a photo ID and the vehicle registrations for both of our cars; showing that they were registered at our new address.

Since different counties have different deadlines, I posted the dates and the contact information below:

Fulton County (404) 612-6440
April 1, 2010

DeKalb County (404) 298-4000
March 1, 2010

Gwinnett County (770) 822-8800
March 1, 2010

Cobb County (770) 528-8600
April 1, 2010

Clayton County (770) 477-3311
April 1, 2010

Cherokee County (678) 493-6122
April 1, 2010

Henry County (770) 288-8180
April 1, 2010

Forsyth County (770) 781-2106
April 1, 2010

Douglas County (770) 920-7272
April 1, 2010

Fayette County (770) 461-3652
March 1, 2010

Paulding County (770) 443-7606
April 1, 2010

Please refer to the Georgia Department of Revenue for more information on Georgia Homestead Exemption information.

Related posts:

  1. Fulton County Homestead Exemption Increase
  2. Buckhead Property Tax Appeals
  3. February 2009 Metro Atlanta Housing Reports
  4. Metro Atlanta Housing Recovery
  5. Metro Atlanta Home Absorbtion Rate for Sept. 1, 2009
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