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Property Tax Reduction Allocations
Special Session Act 1 of 2006

As required by law, the Commonwealth’s Budget Secretary certified on April 15, 2026, that funds will be available in 2026-2027 for state-funded local tax relief.

The 2026-2027 Homestead/Farmstead assessed value exclusion is $35,976 resulting in a reduction of school property taxes in the amount of $852.27 for approved Homesteads and Farmsteads.

Who will receive tax relief: For property owners to receive tax relief, they would have had to file their Homestead/Farmstead Exclusion Application with the Monroe County Assessment Office prior to March 1st and receive notification that their application was approved.

What happens to property owners who did not apply for the Homestead/Farmstead Exclusion: For those property owners who have not filed their Homestead/Farmstead Exclusion application, we encourage them to do so in order to be eligible for property tax relief.  If they apply after the March 1st deadline, and their application is approved, they will not qualify for the current year's property tax relief but will qualify for the subsequent year's tax relief when funding is available.

Homestead/Farmstead Exclusion Application

Mail completed application to:

Monroe County Administrative Center
One Quaker Plaza, Room 102
Stroudsburg PA 18360

Berkheimer is the Earned Income Tax Collector for Pocono Mountain School District.  For more information on the Earned Income Tax or how to file your Earned Income Tax, (Please Click Here). 

Property Tax Collectors:

 

Elected municipal tax collectors collect the School District's real estate taxes each year. The tax collectors are responsible for collecting school property taxes and remitting them to the District. In addition, the tax collectors are responsible for providing information regarding whether or not a property owner's current year taxes were paid, preparing tax certifications and tax duplicate bills.

 

2026-2027

 

The Current School District millage rate for fiscal year 2026-2027 is 23.690

The schedule for regular real estate taxes levied by the Pocono Mountain School District is as follows:  

Levy Date	August 1
2% Discount Period	August 1 - September 30
Base Payment Period	October 1 - November 30
10% Penalty Period	December 1 - December 31
Lien Date	January 1

 

First Installment	August 31
Second Installment	October 31
Third Installment	December 31

The discount (2%, two percent) is not applicable to the installment payments; however, the penalty (10%, ten percent) will be added if second and third installments are paid subsequent to the due dates.

 

All taxes not collected will be turned over to the Monroe County Tax Claim Bureau. Arrangements must be made with the Monroe County Tax Claim Bureau for payment of all tax payments after December 31.

Tax Calculation Example:

#4 Mount Airy #1 LLC
Resort/Casino	$100,632,540

#5 Chelsea Pocono Finance LLC
Factory Outlet Stores	$81,839,260

#6 EPT Ski Properties Inc.
Resort/Water Park/Ski	$78,481,480

#7 Walmart Stores Inc.
Distribution Center	$65,000,000

#8 Thomson Logistics Assets LLC
Logistics/Distribution	$64,068,000

#9 CP MT Pocono LLC
Logistics/Distribution	$48,149,560

#10 Pocono International Raceway
Race Track	$29,043,930

Total
$867,248,130