Property on AT&T Way Pays Highest Taxes in Hills

With the township and school budgets almost squared away, and Tax Day 2013 officially over, taxpayers are digging their feet in to prepare for the latest tax bills.

But fear not, Bernardsville and Bedminster residents, you are not alone. We’ve got the top 10 highest tax bills of 2012 in the Somerset Hills, according to DataUniverse, that belong to commercial and industrial properties.

The top five locations in Bedminster are:

• Metropolitan Tower Life Insurance, Route 202/206, AT&T Way—$2,279,880
• Jaygrace Co. LLC, Route 206—$440,776.80
• Bit Holdings Fifty-One, Hills Drive (shopping Center)—$358,447.80
• Hamilton Farm Golf Club, Pottersville Road—$345,781.80
• Lamington Farm Golf Club, Lamington Road—$344,515.20

And in Bernardsville, the top five commercial taxpayers are:

• Bernardsville Centre, Morristown Road—$246,714.61
• S.H. Country Club, Mine Mount Road—$174,490.65
• Thomson Reuters Property Tax Service, Morristown Road—$113,107.03
• Berns Realty Company, Morristown Road—$89,942.77
• Essex Building LLC, Essex Avenue—$69,061.21