Cecil County Veterans Tax Credit

Cecil County Code section 337-46, as amended by Bill 2025-04 on June 3, 2025, uses Tax-Property Article section 9-258 more widely than most counties. Its military route is not limited to retirees: an owner who is at least 65 qualifies as a retired, active, honorably discharged, or disabled member of the uniformed services, the reserves, or the National Guard. An unremarried surviving spouse of 65 qualifies if the spouse lives in the same home the veteran did. No disability rating is required. The credit is 20% of the county property tax on the home. Under the code the home's assessed value may not exceed $500,000; the credit is figured on the first $400,000, and a home assessed between $400,000 and $500,000 gets at most $785.92. Household adjusted gross income on the prior year's federal return may not exceed $150,000. The Department of Finance's page states a different value limit. It says a home assessed at $800,000 or less qualifies, where the code's limit is $500,000. A veteran with an assessment in between should apply and ask which figure the department is applying. The application is due to the Department of Finance by September 1 of the tax year, every year; call 410-996-5385 to have one mailed. The county has not adopted the disabled veteran credit in section 9-265. A veteran rated 100% permanent and total has the state exemption, which the department's page describes without the permanent unemployability route SDAT also accepts.