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Connecticut’s property tax exemption for disabled veterans.
100% P&T: home fully exempt, new law effective October 2024. Here is who qualifies, what it covers, and how to claim it.
Checked against state sources · July 16, 2026
- At a 100% permanent & total rating
- Full exemption from property tax on the dwelling that is your primary residence for veterans with a 100% permanent and total service-connected rating (Public Act 24-46). A veteran who does not own a home can apply it to one motor vehicle instead.
- Below 100%
- Below 100% P&T, Connecticut's older, much smaller exemptions still apply: a base exemption of $1,000 to $3,000 of assessed value for wartime veterans, which many towns top up with local-option amounts.
- Income test
- None. The exemption does not depend on your income.
- Surviving spouses
- The older wartime exemptions extend to surviving spouses. Check with your town assessor on how the new 100% P&T exemption carries over; the statute has been amended twice since passage.
- How to apply
- Apply with your town assessor by January 1 each year on the state form, with your VA rating documentation. The full exemption requires annual filing, and you attest you are not claiming it in another town.
- Worth knowing
- This is one of the newest full exemptions in the country: October 2024. Guidance older than that says Connecticut tops out at a few thousand dollars of assessed value, which is no longer true at 100% P&T.
Before you count on this: exemption law changes by legislative session, and counties administer the details. Confirm current amounts and deadlines with your county assessor or the official source below. Figures on this page were checked July 16, 2026.
Official source: Connecticut General Assembly OLR — 100% P&T veterans exemption
A property-tax exemption lowers the monthly payment a lender counts in your file, which can raise what you qualify for. Run your numbers with the exemption’s effect via the buying-power calculator (use the property-tax override in advanced options), and see the funding fee guide for the other big disability-related saving.
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