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Litchfield Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions

Litchfield’s exemptions page keeps its veteran’s exemption unquantified, its optional veteran’s application prints income ceilings of $67,200 married and $59,600 single, and OLR’s survey recorded the primary residence option.

Also called: property tax, 12-81g, veterans exemption, assessor, Litchfield.

For: Veteran or service member, child.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The assessor’s exemptions page gives any honorably discharged veteran the veteran’s exemption on a DD-214 filed with the Town Clerk by September 30, says “the amount of the exemption may differ if the Veteran’s Administration has granted a disability percentage,” and adds that “the Town of Litchfield also has a local-option exemption for veterans” with “certain qualifying income requirements,” pointing to the office. A legal notice of August 17, 2026 announces that the office is accepting applications for Additional Veterans Benefits through October 1, 2026. The town’s Litchfield Optional Veteran’s Tax Exemption application, filed biennially February 1 through October 1, prints a married qualifying income ceiling of $67,200 and a single one of $59,600, and leaves the exemption amount for the assessor to enter; the state M-59 the office also posts prints none. OLR’s 2023 survey recorded Litchfield as offering the veterans’ primary residence option of 12-81kk, ten percent of the assessed value of the dwelling at income up to $50,100 federal adjusted gross income. The page’s local programs also include a handicapped equipped motor vehicle exemption, “a motor vehicle that accommodates the owner’s disability,” including a new or retrofitted vehicle for a child, and the active duty serviceman vehicle exemption at the total exemption of one Connecticut-registered vehicle. Litchfield’s code was found on no readable host.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Litchfield Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions
GateRule
Wartime service or a VA rating, set by state lawThe exemptions rest on C.G.S. 12-81(19) to (26): 90 days of wartime service with a qualifying discharge filed with the town clerk, or a VA disability rating. Amounts above the base turn on rating and income. The rating filter does not hide this entry.

Figures

Each figure is dated with the day it was read. A local figure moves whenever the statute or the local ordinance does, so confirm it with the office that grants it before you rely on it. Statute verified gives the day the weekly section check last found the statute standing on the legislature’s own code site; a figure without it rests on a statute the check does not read yet.

Dated figures for Litchfield Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions
FigureAmountRead from
Veteran’s exemption, as Litchfield’s page prints itFor any honorably discharged veteran on a DD-214 filed with the Town Clerk by September 30; the amount may differ if the VA has granted a disability percentage, and the page prints no amountC.G.S. § 12-81(19)Town of Litchfield, ExemptionsRead
Optional veteran’s tax exemption, as Litchfield’s application prints itFiled biennially February 1 through October 1 at qualifying income ceilings of $67,200 married and $59,600 single, with the amount left for the assessor to enterC.G.S. § 12-81fTown of Litchfield, Litchfield Optional Veteran’s Tax Exemption applicationRead
Additional veterans benefits, as Litchfield’s notice prints themApplications accepted through October 1, 2026, with the DD-214 on file in the Town Clerk’s military recordsC.G.S. § 12-81gTown of Litchfield, Additional Veterans Benefits Legal NoticeRead
Veterans’ primary residence option, as Litchfield reported it to OLR’s surveyReported adopted: ten percent of the assessed value of the dwelling, at income up to $50,100 federal adjusted gross incomeC.G.S. § 12-81kkOLR Report 2024-R-0018, Veterans Property Tax Exemptions by Town: Municipal-Option ExemptionsRead
Handicapped equipped motor vehicle, as Litchfield’s page prints itA local-option exemption for a motor vehicle that accommodates the owner’s disability, including a new or retrofitted vehicle accommodating a child’s disabilityC.G.S. § 12-81cTown of Litchfield, ExemptionsRead
Active duty serviceman vehicle exemption, as Litchfield’s page prints itThe total exemption of one motor vehicle registered in Connecticut for a resident member of the armed forces, reserves or Connecticut National Guard on the October 1 assessment dateC.G.S. § 12-81(53)Town of Litchfield, ExemptionsRead

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