If you own your home in the District and the VA rates you totally and permanently disabled, you can take up to $445,000 off your property’s assessed value before property tax is worked out. You cannot combine it with the regular Homestead Deduction, the Senior Citizen or Disabled Tax Relief, or the tax cap credit, and cooperative properties do not qualify.
File online using the Washington, D.C. Veterans Homestead Tax Deduction Application. For help, email OVA@DC.gov or call the Mayor's Office of Veterans Affairs at 202-724-5454.
Your VA rating letter showing a total and permanent 100 percent service-connected rating, or a rating of individual unemployability paid at the 100 percent rate; proof you own at least half of the property; proof it is your principal residence; and your federal return showing your adjusted gross income.
