Vermont Property Tax Exemption for Disabled Veterans and th…

Vermont Property Tax Exemption for Disabled Veterans and their Survivors

Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs, with the exemption applied by your town listers and municipality

First $10,000 of appraised home value exempt, up to $40,000 where the town has voted to increase it

You can exempt the first $10,000 of your home’s appraised value from Vermont property tax if you are a disabled veteran or an eligible survivor. Your town can vote to raise that exemption to as much as $40,000. It only covers the primary residence you own, so renters do not qualify.

Check eligibility

How to apply

Send a completed application, with the documents listed on it, to the Vermont Office of Veterans Affairs at 118 State Street, Montpelier VT 05620-4401, or fax 802-828-5932. For help call 888-666-9844 or 802-828-3379. Your town then applies the exemption to your bill, and how much you get depends on whether your town voted to go above $10,000.

What you'll need

Your VA disability rating letter, VA pension award letter or permanent medical retirement paperwork, proof that you own and live in the home, and a death certificate and proof of relationship if you are applying as a surviving spouse or minor child.

Eligibility

You own the home and live in it as your primary residence in Vermont
You have a service-connected disability rating of 50 percent or higher from the VA, you receive a non-service-connected disability pension from the VA, you received a permanent medical retirement from the U.S. Armed Forces, or you are the unremarried surviving spouse or minor child of a veteran who was eligible for the exemption when they died
You are not renting the home you live in
If your exemption is more than the $10,000 statutory minimum, your town has voted to increase it

Source

Official source

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