2024 final STAR credit and exemption savings amounts: Suffolk County. Exemption applications must be filed with your local assessor's office.See our Municipal Profiles for your local assessor's mailing address. Homestead exemptions protect homeowners in financial distress from losing their entire property holdings to their creditors. This can provide asset protection from creditors for at least some of house's value. The application packets linked below include all relevant forms and instructions needed to apply for each type of exemption. This web page is to make homeowners in the Town of Smithtown aware of several Real Property Tax Exemptions that are currently available. Return the certification statement no later than 30 days from the date of the letter to the address provided in the letter. Who qualifies for tax exemptions? We apply the exemption amount to your thirdquarter tax bill that is issued in late December.