in our Spotlight on Business Report tonight if you woke up to an unexplained deposit in your bank account from the state of New Jersey this morning well you're one of the early recipients of the state's anchor property tax rebate those deposits started hitting accounts today for the more than 800 000 New Jersey residents who signed up to receive their rebate electronically paper checks will start going out in early April for those who prefer payment in hand overall more than 1.7 million people in the state applied for the rebate the majority of them homeowners although more than 500 000 renters also applied for Relief the state's on track to finalize nearly all of the payments by May 3rd the state has set up a hotline for anyone trying to track down their payment and Governor Murphy's included the anchor program rebates in his budget for the next fiscal year as well part of his plan to provide more property tax relief to New Jersey residents support for the business report provided by New Jersey American Water we keep life flowing online at newjerseyamwater.com