McDuffie County Tax Commissioner (Stacey W. Thomas): the county’s exemption route and the 2026 one-time $18,000 HTRG credit, with the qPublic record search unreadable

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The McDuffie County Tax Commissioner - Stacey W. Thomas, 210 Railroad Street, Thomson (706-595-1781 county line, portal mcduffiecountyga.governmentwindow.com) - whose office exists "to bill, collect, and disburse all taxes as prescribed by the laws of the State of Georgia and to act as the Motor Vehicle tag and title agent for the State", prints no veteran amounts on the county's own pages; the county's 2026 tax-bill notice carries a one-time $18,000 HTRG credit for homesteaded property from Governor Kemp beside the FLOST-backed elimination of the fire fee, and the State's veteran rows rest on the State entries (the Board of Tax Assessors' qPublic site, qpublic.net/ga/mcduffie, answers a Cloudflare-style block to plain fetch - the gap goes to docs/COUNTY-REVISIT.md).

Also called: Tax Commissioner, Stacey W. Thomas, homestead exemption, disabled veteran, 48-5-48, 48-5-52.1, 706-595-1781, 210 Railroad Street, governmentwindow, HTRG, qpublic, Thomson, Thomson, Dearing.

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

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McDuffie County, GACounty

The exemptions are Georgia's: O.C.G.A. 48-5-48 for the qualifying disabled veteran and 48-5-52.1 for the unremarried surviving spouse of a service member killed in a war or armed conflict - the State entries carry the statutes, the qualification list and the yearly indexed amount. What McDuffie's offices add is the route and the county's own 2026 tax-bill facts. Where and who. Tax Commissioner Stacey W. Thomas - "Stacey W. Thomas, McDuffie County Tax Commissioner" - 210 Railroad Street, Thomson, GA 30824; the county's main line is (706) 595-1781 and the payment portal is mcduffiecountyga.governmentwindow.com ("Search & Pay Property Taxes"). The county's own text. The Tax Commissioner page: "The mission of the Tax Commissioner's Office is to bill, collect, and disburse all taxes as prescribed by the laws of the State of Georgia and to act as the Motor Vehicle tag and title agent for the State." The county's 2026 Tax Information & Estimator page records the year's changes - "The fire fee is eliminated. Starting in 2026, McDuffie County will no longer charge a separate fire fee. Revenue from FLOST (the local option sales tax for property tax relief) is being used to replace it. The county millage rate is proposed at 7.998 mills" and "THE 2026 TAX BILL WILL INCLUDE A ONE TIME $18,000 HTRG CREDIT (HOMESTEADED PROPERTY ONLY). THIS IS A CREDIT FORM GOVERNOR KEMP." No veteran amounts appear on the county's pages; the Board of Assessors (Chairman Joseph (Butch) Stadler, David Holt, Mary Sherrer; Chief Appraiser Andrea Brown-Lewis) takes the exemption applications, and its qPublic record-search site answers a Cloudflare-style block to plain fetch (the gap goes to docs/COUNTY-REVISIT.md).

Thresholds

Thresholds for McDuffie County Tax Commissioner (Stacey W. Thomas): the county’s exemption route and the 2026 one-time $18,000 HTRG credit, with the qPublic record search unreadable
Gate	Rule
Qualifying disabled veteran or surviving spouse who owns and occupies the home	The exemption follows O.C.G.A. 48-5-48 and 48-5-52.1; the county offices take the application and the State entries carry the indexed amount. The rating filter never hides this entry.

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Last updated 2026-11-03.

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