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

The City of Greenfield 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 Individual Exemptions page prints “Clause 22 ($500 exemption)”, “Clause 22A ($937.50 exemption)”, “Clause 22B ($1,562.50 exemption)”, “Clause 22C ($1,875 exemption)”, “Clause 22D (Full exemption)”, “Clause 22E ($1,250 exemption)” and “Clause 22F (Full exemption)”. Each is its statute raised a quarter, what clause 22J at 25 per cent produces; the page names no option, no council order accepting one was found in the city’s online records, and the city’s code of ordinances sits on ecode360.com behind a Cloudflare challenge that does not clear, so ask the assessors to confirm. The page also says Greenfield offers only the exemptions it lists, not every exemption in the state guide. The page asks for six months’ domicile before entering service or two consecutive years before the tax year, as the statute now does. The Veterans’ Services page names Christopher Demars the Director at 294 Main Street (413-772-1571), where the EOVS directory lists the same office. Chapter 115 benefits, the Commonwealth’s needs-based help with rent, food, fuel and medical costs, are applied for through Greenfield Veterans’ Services (Upper Pioneer Valley District): Christopher Demars, Director. Their amounts are set by the Commonwealth and are the same in every city and town; the statewide chapter 115 entry describes them.