Gibson County Trustee: Property Tax Relief for Disabled Veterans

The Gibson County Trustee (Melissa Workman, 1 Courtsquare, Suite 102, Trenton, 731-855-7631) takes the state's disabled veteran property tax relief applications in person - its own eligibility table sets the $175,000 maximum market value for a disabled veteran homeowner or the widow(er) of one, requires a 100 percent rating whose disabilities are service-connected, combat-related or from five months as a prisoner of war, and sets no income limit on the veteran routes.

Also called: tax relief, property tax relief, disabled veteran homeowner, 175,000, 100 percent, combat-related, prisoner of war, no income limit, Trustee, Melissa Workman, 731-855-7631, 1 Courtsquare, Trenton, 67-5-704, Trenton, Humboldt, Milan, Dyer, Bradford, Rutherford, Kenton, Gibson, Medina, Spring Hill, Frost, Eaton.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Gibson County, TNCounty

The trustee's own table. The Tax Relief page: "Eligibility requirements for tax relief for elderly homeowners, disabled homeowners, disabled veteran homeowners, and widows(er) of disabled veteran homeowners"; "Disabled veterans must have disability ratings at 100 percent. The disabilities must meet specific criteria under service connection, be combat - related or the result of being a prisoner of war for at least five months. For veterans who qualify, there is no income limit. Tax relief is paid on the first $175,000 of market value of the home. Applications for tax relief are available in the trustee's office." The widow(er) route: "For veterans who qualify, there is no income limit" applies to disabled veterans and their surviving spouses; the elderly and disabled homeowner routes carry the income test - "The combined annual income from all sources of all the living owners of record is required and cannot exceed $37,530 for the year 2024. We need 2024 income if applying for 2025 tax relief" - with income "from all sources ... including, but not limited to, Social Security payments after the Medicare deduction, supplemental security income, retirement and pension benefits, veteran's benefits, worker's compensation..." (the State entry carries T.C.A. 67-5-704). The office. Melissa Workman, Trustee, with bookkeeper Tara Webber and deputies Carla Carroll, Sally Carlton, Avery Owens and Doris Mays; 1 Courtsquare, Suite 102, Trenton, TN 38382 (P.O. Box 259); (731) 855-7631; M-F 8-4:30. The county's Veterans Service Office page links the same relief programme for disabled veterans.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Gibson County Trustee: Property Tax Relief for Disabled Veterans
Gate	Rule
Totally and permanently disabled veteran, or the widow(er)	The State statute sets the categories; the Trustee’s page names the $175,000 market value as published, requires the 100 percent rating with the service-connected, combat-related or POW criteria, and its $37,530 income figure belongs to the elderly and disabled homeowner routes. The rating filter never hides this entry.

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