East Hartford Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions

The town’s Veterans Exemption page gives the basic veterans’ exemption under C.G.S. 12-81(19) as $1,500 off the assessed value of real estate or motor vehicles, leased vehicles included, for a Connecticut resident who served at least 90 days of active duty in wartime, on a DD-214 filed with the town clerk by September 30. Disabled veterans receive benefits above the basic $1,500 determined by the percentage of disability, on a VA rating slip filed annually before November 1; at 65 the exemption rises to the next assessment date. The page’s Surviving Spouse Rights section entitles the surviving spouse of a person who, at the time of death, was entitled to and had the exemption, to the same exemption. The State Additional Veterans’ Exemption under C.G.S. 12-81g doubles the basic exemption from $1,500 to $3,000 for income within the state limits, printed as $46,300 single and $56,500 married for 2025. The Town Additional Veterans’ Exemption under C.G.S. 12-81f is $20,000 off assessment for income up to $61,300 single or $71,500 married, which the page describes as the state limits plus $15,000; those qualifying for the state program are enrolled in the town’s without applying. Both refile every two years between February 1 and October 1. OLR’s 2023 survey recorded the town option at $20,000 with limits $15,000 above the state’s, and also reported East Hartford offering the 12-81kk primary-residence exemption, the 12-81(21)(C) specially adapted house option and the 12-81h vehicle option, none of which the page mentions. Ask the assessor. A veteran rated permanently and totally disabled at 100 percent has the full value of the dwelling, not land or outbuildings, or one motor vehicle exempt under 12-81(83), on form D-2 filed annually by January 1. Veterans and non-resident service members also have the motor vehicle exemptions: one passenger vehicle for a Connecticut resident on active duty, applied for annually with a commanding officer’s letter, and the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act affidavit for those stationed here on other states’ domicile.