You can cut the taxable value of your homestead if you have a service-connected disability rating of 50 percent or more. The credit scales with your rating: $9,000 at 100 percent, $8,100 at 90 percent, $7,200 at 80 percent, $6,300 at 70 percent, $5,400 at 60 percent and $4,500 at 50 percent. An unemployability rating counts as 100 percent. An unremarried surviving spouse of a qualifying veteran can claim it too, and gets the full 100 percent credit if they receive VA Dependency and Indemnity Compensation.
File the Application for Disabled Veterans Property Tax Credit with your local assessor or your county director of tax equalization by March 31. This is filed with the county, not with the state.
Your DD214 showing an honorable discharge, a VA letter showing your service-connected disability rating, and proof that you own and live in the homestead. A surviving spouse also needs the veteran’s death certificate and a marriage certificate.
