Exemption applications must be filed with your local assessor's office. See our Municipal Profiles for your local assessor's mailing address.You can get information about your property tax benefits, including: Application status, Current benefit amounts, Proposed benefit for the upcoming tax year. Seeking more information on Homestead Exemption? Applications are available at your local assessor's office. For more information, contact your local assessor's office. Typically, this value will increase annually. The Taxpayer Relief Act provides for property tax reduction allocations to be distributed to school districts through a "homestead or farmstead exclusion." Information you will need to file for homestead exemption. Once you have been approved for the Homestead Exemption, you do not need to fill out the application for future years.