KENT, Conn. —Connecticut residents who served in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Air Force or Space Force and have a service-connected permanent and total disability rating, as determined by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, are eligible for a new property tax exemption.
To qualify a DD-214 must be on file with the Town Clerk’s office and the applicant must submit to the assessor proof of qualifying disability rating (i.e., a permanent and total disability under the new exemption) by March 31. Letters will be sent to veterans who already have a disability rating to see if they will qualify for this new exemption.
The law fully exempts from property tax either a dwelling the veteran owns and lives in as his or her primary residence or, if the veteran does not own a dwelling, one motor vehicle he or she owns and keeps in this state.
If the veteran owns neither a dwelling nor a vehicle, the exemption may be applied toward one that belongs to, or is held in trust for, his or her spouse if they live together.
So what is the exemption?
Hi Brady, in the 4th and 5th paragraphs, it explains the exemption:
“The law fully exempts from property tax either a dwelling the veteran owns and lives in as his or her primary residence or, if the veteran does not own a dwelling, one motor vehicle he or she owns and keeps in this state.
If the veteran owns neither a dwelling nor a vehicle, the exemption may be applied toward one that belongs to, or is held in trust for, his or her spouse if they live together.”