KENT—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.
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Brady Faulkner
January 30, 2025 at 5:53 pm
So what is the exemption?
Andrea Schoeny
January 31, 2025 at 10:17 am
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.”