Welcome to the Farmland Assessment Program’s online application portal. This portal is replacing the paper applications including FA-1, Gross Sales, and WD-1 forms. You can submit an application for your properties to be valued based on their agricultural/horticultural productivity for the next tax year.

Farmland assessment means valuation, assessment and taxation under the Farmland Assessment Act. Land may be eligible for farmland assessment when it meets the following:

1. The land has been actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use for at least 2 successive years immediately preceding the tax year for which farmland assessment is requested. (N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.6.)
2. The land area actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use is not less than 5 acres, exclusive of the land upon which the farmhouse is located and such additional land actually used in connection with the farmhouse.
3. Gross sales, fees, or payments average at least $1000 annually on the first 5 acres, except for lands under a Woodland Management Plan where gross sales remain at $500 for the first 5 acres, and average $5 per acre on all acreage above 5 acres, except $0.50 per acre on woodland & wetland above 5 acres. For woodlands and wetlands under a NJ Forest Stewardship Plan, no income need be generated, but the prescriptions of the plan must have been followed. (N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.5.)
4. Application by the owner is filed on or before August 1 of the year immediately preceding the tax year. (N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.6.)
5. If farm management unit is less than 7 acres, a descriptive narrative of agricultural/horticultural uses, a sketch of their location, and number of acres devoted is required.

If you are applying on behalf of the landowner, e.g., a approved forester or CPA, please provide a power-of-attorney, contract, or other document that evinces your authority to make this application for the landowner. A copy of that document should be uploaded in the "General Upload" Section of the application.

FILE ANNUALLY BY AUGUST 1 OF THE PRE-TAX YEAR. Assessors may grant an extension of time for filing an application, but no later than September 1 of the year immediately preceding the tax year. Application submitted after August 1 is likely to be denied for late submission unless the assessor is satisfied with the exemption reason submitted with the application on account of one of following:

1. The owner’s illness and a physician’s certificate stating that the owner was physically incapacitated and unable to file by August 1 and the FA-1 and FA-1 G.S. forms are filed with the assessor; or
2. The death of the owner or the owner’s immediate family member and a certified copy of the death certificate and the FA-1/ FA-1 G.S. forms are filed with the assessor by the owner or by the executor/executrix of the owner’s estate. Immediate family member means an owner’s spouse, child, parent or sibling residing in the same household. (N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.6d.)