Bolton Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions

The assessor’s exemptions page requires the DD-214 or a separation showing an honorable discharge filed by September 30 for the following July’s tax bill, and notes that most veteran exemptions carry over to a surviving spouse so long as the spouse remains unmarried. A service member without a discharge may file a Still Serving Affidavit by October 1, and is eligible for the exemption from taxation of one motor vehicle on the Active Duty Exemption application. The page prints the town’s amount: “The non-disabled veterans assessment reduction in Bolton under CT General Statutes §12-81(19) and §12-81g is 4,500.” The statutory 12-81(19) amount is $1,000; the printed figure is that amount raised at revaluation under 12-62g (Bolton last revalued in 2023), with 12-81g the income-based additional exemption that would double it for a veteran who qualifies. The town’s ordinance page carries a veterans and surviving spouses additional-exemption ordinance adopted unanimously by the Board of Selectmen on September 3, 1985: a veteran entitled under 12-81(19), or a surviving spouse entitled under 12-81(22), “shall be entitled to an additional exemption applicable to the assessed value of property up to the amount of one thousand dollars,” at the income levels the statute specified. OLR’s 2023 survey recorded Bolton’s wartime additional exemption as $3,000 at the state’s income limits ($49,100 married and $40,300 single for that year). Ask the assessor which amount applies to the current grand list.