Burke County Tax Administration: Disabled Veterans Homestead Exclusion

The exclusion is the State's (G.S. 105-277.1C); the North Carolina entry carries its rules, including the surviving spouse. What Burke County publishes is its own page. The county's words. "Disabled Veterans Homestead Exclusion. This exclusion is for Honorably Discharged Disabled Veterans that are 100% totally disabled from a service-connected disability or that received benefits for specially adapted housing under 38 U.S.C. Sec. 2101. There is no income test for this exclusion. Required for this exclusion is the Certification of Disabled Veteran's Form." The statute's test is a total and permanent service-connected disability, which the certification (NCDVA-9) records; a veteran rated 100 percent but not permanent should ask before relying on the page, and the page does not mention the unmarried surviving spouse the statute also covers. How to apply. "There is one combined APPLICATION for the three tax relief programs" (the elderly or disabled exclusion, the disabled veteran exclusion and the circuit breaker deferment). "Please send the application to us by US Mail or drop it off in our Personal Property Listings Department in person. To safeguard your personal information, we ARE NOT able to accept these applications over the internet or by email." The Forms page carries the Certification for Disabled Veteran's Property Tax Exclusion and the combined application. Vehicles. The Vehicles page: "This exclusion exempts from taxation on a motor vehicle given to a qualified disabled veteran by the United States government or motor vehicle altered with special equipment to accommodate a service related disability," on an application with documentation that the vehicle was provided or modified.