Property Tax Calculator
This property tax calculator can help you understand how the citywide revaluation may affect your tax bill. Using the city’s total assessed value and the FY 2027 budget, it estimates a mill rate and separates the impact of the new valuation from other factors.
Disclaimer: The mill rate used is an unofficial estimate. Your FY 2028 property tax bill will also depend on the final FY 2028 City Budget.
Property Tax Relief Information
Where Lewiston residents file
Lewiston Assessing Department | 27 Pine Street, Lewiston, ME 04240
207-513-3122 | Assessors@Lewistonmaine.gov
Forms may be delivered, mailed, scanned and emailed, or faxed to 207-784-2959.
FMI: Lewiston Assessor’s Department
For someone facing an immediate inability to pay, Lewiston advises contacting city staff early to discuss applicable relief and payment options.
Homestead Exemption
Reduces the taxable value of a primary residence by up to $25,000. Deadline: April 1. Applications received later apply to the following tax year.
Eligibility:
- Maine resident
- Home is your permanent residence
- You have owned a Maine homestead continuously for at least 12 months as of April 1
- Apply once; generally, you do not reapply unless you move
State Property Tax Deferral Program
The state pays the participant’s property taxes, potentially including up to two years of delinquent taxes. This is a deferral, not a forgiveness program: the taxes, interest, and costs are repaid when the owner leaves the program, sells the home, or dies. Deadline: April 1.
Eligibility:
- Homeowners are 65 or older; or
- permanently disabled and receiving qualifying disability benefits
Program information and future application
Veterans’ Property Tax Exemption
A limited valuation exemption, applied to local property tax. Deadline: April 1 through the Lewiston Assessor.
Eligibility:
- Qualifying veterans age 62 or older who served during a federally recognized war period or received an expeditionary medal
- Veterans receiving qualifying total-disability pensions
- Certain veterans who received specially adapted housing assistance
- Certain unremarried spouses, parents, and minor children of deceased eligible veterans may also qualify.
Veterans’ application Surviving spouse, parent or minor-child application
Property Tax Fairness Credit
A refundable state income-tax credit, a person may receive it even if they do not owe Maine income tax. Must file a Maine Form 1040ME and Schedule PTFC/STFC.
Eligibility:
- Homeowners and renters making less that $63,750 (single) or $101,250 (filing Married)
Program and eligibility information 2025 Schedule PTFC/STFC
Blind Person’s Property Tax Exemption
A limited valuation exemption, applied to local property tax. Available to a person documented to be legally blind. Deadline: April 1 w/Lewiston Assessor.
Blind Person’s Exemption application
Renewable-Energy Equipment Exemption
Qualifying solar and other renewable-energy equipment may be exempt from property taxation. Deadline: April 1 through the Lewiston Assessor.
Renewable Energy Equipment Exemption application
Current-use programs
These programs can carry substantial withdrawal penalties, so owners should speak with the assessor before enrolling. All applications are available on the Maine Property Tax Forms page. Land meeting specific requirements may receive reduced valuation through Maine’s:
- Farmland Program
- Tree Growth Program
- Open Space Program
- Working Waterfront Program
Property-tax abatement
An abatement is appropriate when a property is overvalued, assessed incorrectly, or assessed illegally. It is not granted simply because the resulting bill is unaffordable.
The application generally must be filed with the municipal assessor within 185 days of the city’s tax commitment date. Abatement on new, 2028 values cannot be requested until tax bill on new values are issued (in 2027) Municipal property-tax abatement form