Fitchburg Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions (Clauses 22 to 22F)

The City of Fitchburg grants the veterans’ exemptions of G.L. c. 59, s. 5, clauses 22 to 22F, through its board of assessors. The statute sets them as dollars off the tax bill, $400 under clause 22, $750, $1,250 and $1,500 under 22A to 22C and $1,000 under 22E, and exempts the whole domicile under 22D and 22F; a city can add to them only by accepting a local option, clause 22I, clause 22J or section 5C½. Every figure on this entry carries its source and the day it was read. The Assessor’s “Tax Exemption Chart - FY27” gives $400 under clause 22 (a service-connected rating of 10 to 99 percent), a full exemption under 22D for the surviving spouse of a veteran who died of service-related causes, and $1,000 with an excise exemption for one vehicle under 22E (a 100 percent rating). These are the statutory amounts, and no local option is named; no council vote was found in the city’s online records. The chart’s residence test, domiciled in Massachusetts for more than two years or for six months before entering service, is the current statute’s. Chapter 115 benefits, the Commonwealth’s needs-based help with rent, food, fuel and medical costs, are applied for through Fitchburg Veteran Services. Their amounts are set by the Commonwealth and are the same in every city and town; the statewide chapter 115 entry describes them.