WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Volunteer members of Chester County-based fire departments and non-profit emergency medical services agencies are invited to participate in a tax rebate.
Chester County Commissioners Marian Moskowitz, Josh Maxwell and Michelle Kichline approved an ordinance Thursday creating the tax rebate.
The Volunteer Real Estate Tax Rebate Ordinance provides a financial incentive in the form of a rebate on Chester County real estate taxes imposed by Chester County on first responder volunteers.
Volunteers can be emergency responders, administrative members of a fire company or emergency agency, or both.
Chester County’s Active Volunteer Real Estate Tax Rebate Program is based on a point system earned through emergency response calls, training, meeting attendance, public education activities, leadership roles and other activities such as fundraising events, a media release said. Reported.
Once you reach the maximum number of points available, you will receive a 100% refund of your county property taxes, but the lower the point level, the lower the percentage of your tax refund.
Volunteers must be Chester County residents and volunteer with an eligible agency.
The ordinance signed by the Secretary is effective immediately and will make volunteers eligible for real estate tax refunds applicable to the 2024 tax year for services rendered between January 1 and December 31, 2023.
County staff plans to reach out to all eligible volunteer fire and emergency agencies to share the criteria and application process for the real estate tax rebate program.