Connecticut municipalities reduce the assessed value of your real estate or your vehicle for property tax purposes. Exemptions are generally available to wartime veterans, disabled veterans and their unremarried surviving spouses, severely disabled veterans, the unremarried surviving spouse of a veteran who receives a pension, annuity or compensation from the U.S. government, and the unremarried surviving spouse or minor child of a service member who died on active duty or as a result of that service. Municipalities may also give a total exemption to veterans who receive specially adapted housing from the VA. If your income is below the level your town sets, or you have a 100 percent disability, you can claim up to twice the normal exemption amount.
Contact the tax assessor in the town or city where the property is located, not the state. Each municipality interprets and applies these exemptions at its own discretion within the state law framework, so ask your assessor for the exact amounts and deadlines.
Your DD214 or discharge paperwork, your VA rating or award letter if you are claiming on disability, a marriage certificate and death certificate if you are a surviving spouse, and your income information if you are claiming the doubled exemption.
