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Bethlehem Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions

Bethlehem’s assessor page administers tax relief for veterans and posts the state’s M-59a; the office’s press release gives the local option’s income guidelines as $51,698 married and $51,618 single for the 2021 grand list, a year or more old.

Also called: property tax, 12-81g, veterans exemption, assessor, Bethlehem.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Town of Bethlehem, CTTown

The assessor page says the office “administers a variety of tax relief programs for the elderly home owners, veterans, totally disabled and the blind who meet certain requirements,” and posts the M-59a Application for AdVets. The form is the state’s and prints no town amounts. The office’s press release for the elderly homeowners program (February 2022) says “Requirements are similar for the local ordinance providing an option for additional benefits. Income guidelines for the local option are a maximum of $51,698 for a married couple and $51,618 for a single person.” Those are the 2021 grand list’s guidelines, alongside the release’s elderly income limits of $46,400 married and $38,100 single; ask the assessor for the current limits and the amount of the local option, which no readable source prints. The town’s code is on eCode360 (BE1777), which stayed behind its Cloudflare challenge (dubiousenvelope/vettoc issue 168). Bethlehem did not answer OLR’s 2023 survey.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Bethlehem Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions
Gate	Rule
Wartime service or a VA rating, set by state law	The exemptions rest on C.G.S. 12-81(19) to (26): 90 days of wartime service with a qualifying discharge filed with the town clerk, or a VA disability rating. Amounts above the base turn on rating and income. The rating filter does not hide this entry.

Figures

Each figure is dated with the day it was read. A local figure moves whenever the statute or the local ordinance does, so confirm it with the office that grants it before you rely on it. Statute verified gives the day the weekly section check last found the statute standing on the legislature’s own code site; a figure without it rests on a statute the check does not read yet.

Dated figures for Bethlehem Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions
Figure	Amount	Read from
Local option additional benefits, as Bethlehem’s assessor prints it	Income guidelines of $51,698 for a married couple and $51,618 for a single person, for the 2021 grand list; no amount printedC.G.S. § 12-81f	Town of Bethlehem, Office of the Assessor, press release (February 2022)Read 2026-10-16
Additional veterans’ exemption, as Bethlehem administers it	On the M-59a Application for AdVets posted by the assessorC.G.S. § 12-81g	Town of Bethlehem, AssessorsRead 2026-10-16
Benefit programs administered, as Bethlehem’s office prints it	Tax relief programs for the elderly home owners, veterans, totally disabled and the blind who meet certain requirementsC.G.S. § 12-81	Town of Bethlehem, AssessorsRead 2026-10-16

Sources

Updated

Last updated 2026-10-16.

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