Marion County Auditor: Disabled Veteran Deduction and Credits
The Marion County Auditor tells every totally disabled veteran to file again for the new 100% deduction, even one already approved, by January 15, 2027, and to call for the new application because the one online is the old form. Partially disabled veterans' deductions are converted to the $350 and $250 credits automatically.
Also called: property tax, deduction, 100% deduction, $350 credit, $250 credit, county auditor, State Form 12662, January 15, surviving spouse, mobile home.
The deduction and credits are the State's; see the Indiana entries on the 100 percent deduction for totally disabled veterans and on the $350 and $250 credits. The Marion County Auditor administers them: City-County Building, 200 East Washington Street, Suite W-125 (317-327-4646, [email protected]).
The refiling. The Auditor says a veteran who qualifies for the totally disabled veteran deduction "MUST apply with our office even if you had the deduction previously", and to call for the new application, because the application online "is still able to be used by partially disabled veterans" only. The deadline is January 15 of the year the taxes are first due, so January 15, 2027 for 2026 taxes payable in 2027. A veteran who does nothing gets only the $250 credit for 2027.
What the Auditor asks for. Evidence of total disability (a Department of Veterans Affairs certificate of eligibility, a VA pension certificate, award of compensation or disability letter), a year of Indiana residence before the assessment date, the home as primary residence, 90 days of service and an honorable discharge. Homes in a trust or LLC do not qualify for the 100% deduction; a trust can still take the credits. Mobile homeowners, by the Auditor's page, must reapply every year, and their deductions may not exceed half the home's assessed value.
Surviving spouses. The page offers the deduction to "the surviving spouse of a veteran who would have qualified". It does not mention that the 100 percent deduction ends when the spouse remarries.
The credits. A veteran with a service-connected disability of 10% or more from wartime service and an honorable discharge gets $350, and a veteran aged 62 or older with 10% or more and 90 days of service gets $250; a veteran who meets both gets $600. The Auditor converts earlier approvals to the credits automatically. The State statute does not require that for the $350 credit, which the Department of Local Government Finance only recommends, so Marion County veterans are spared a filing that some other counties may demand.
Thresholds
Thresholds for Marion County Auditor: Disabled Veteran Deduction and Credits
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10% or more for the credits
The $350 and $250 credits start at a 10% disability. The 100% deduction needs a total disability, which a VA pension certificate can also show, so the rating is recorded, not enforced.
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