Anne Arundel County Disabled Veteran Property Tax Credit

County Code section 4-2-318 grants the local credit that Tax-Property Article section 9-265 lets a county adopt, against the county real property tax on the home. The Office of Finance says it does not reach the state property tax, the City of Annapolis tax, the solid waste charge, or the Waterway Protection and Restoration Fund fee, and it is applied after the mandatory credits. The credit follows section 9-265: 25% of the county tax at a service-connected rating of 50% to 74%, and 50% at 75% or more when the veteran does not qualify for the full state exemption under section 7-208. The rating has to be permanent, or a nonpermanent 100%. A veteran rated 100% permanent and total, or permanently unemployable, has the full state exemption from SDAT instead, and the county form says so. The income limit is narrower than the statute now allows. The county code and the application for the year beginning July 1, 2027 still require federal adjusted gross income of $100,000 or less, and on a joint return the county wants proof of which income is not the veteran's. Chapter 646 of 2026 set the ceiling in section 9-265 at $150,000 on an individual return and $300,000 on a joint return for taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026, and the bill's clause that would have let a county set its own income limit was struck before passage. A veteran between the two ceilings should apply anyway and cite Chapter 646. The application is due by April 1 before the July 1 tax year, and a late one is treated as an application for the next year. The county requires a new application every year. It asks for the VA award letter showing the percentage, a Maryland ID at the current address, the DD-214 showing an honorable discharge or release under honorable conditions, and the federal return. The honorable-discharge requirement is out of date too: Chapter 689 of 2026 replaced it in section 9-265 with the federal definition of a veteran for taxable years beginning after June 30, 2026. The credit ends if the home stops being the primary residence. A surviving spouse who has not remarried keeps the credit if the veteran was receiving it at death, at the amount the veteran had, until remarriage. The county has separate first-year and renewal forms for spouses.