Jackson County Tax Administration: the Disabled Veteran’s Homestead Exclusion

The county's own page. The Tax Relief Programs page: "North Carolina offers three (3) property tax homestead exclusions to qualifying homeowners. The exclusions are available to elderly or disabled individuals and disabled veterans. Please note: these programs are state programs and do not vary per county. No county has the option to create their own homestead exclusions or modify the requirements." The disabled-veteran section: "Disabled Veteran - Excludes up to the first $45,000 of the appraised value of the permanent residence of a disabled veteran, North Carolina General Statute 105-277.1C. A disabled veteran is defined as a veteran whose character of service at separation was honorable or under honorable conditions and who has a total and permanent service-connected disability or who received benefits for specially adapted housing under 38 U.S.C. 2101. There is no age or income limitation for this program." The benefit also reaches three classes of surviving spouse - the widow of a disabled veteran, of a veteran who died of a service-connected condition, and of a service member who died from a service-connected condition in the line of duty. The route. "Requirements: One-time application; Copy of the applicant's driver's license; Form NCDVA-9. For assistance with Form NCDVA-9, contact the Jackson County Veterans Office at 828-631-2231 or one of the accredited offices." Applications are filed "between January 1 and June 1" under G.S. 105-282.1, with ownership determined each January 1 under G.S. 105-285; the county's worked example shows a 250,000-dollar residence saving 139.50 dollars of tax. Compliance reviews run every four years under G.S. 105-296(l). Where. Tax Administration, 401 Grindstaff Cove Road, Suite 132, Sylva, NC 28779; 828-586-7542; email Rosalie George (who also issues the residency letters other states ask for); Tax Administrator's hours Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The elderly-or-disabled exclusion runs beside it: the greater of the first 25,000 dollars or 50 percent of appraised value under G.S. 105-277.1, income not over 39,900 dollars for 2027, Form AV-9 with the AV-9A certificate for the totally and permanently disabled.