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New Canaan Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions

New Canaan’s assessor posts a veterans’ exemptions sheet printing the wartime filing terms, the rating-based disabled exemption, the dwelling exemption for 100 percent ratings, and the state additional exemption at twice the regular.

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

For: Veteran or service member, survivor.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The assessor’s Veteran’s Exemptions sheet requires service of at least 90 days during a time of war or recognized military conflict, an honorable discharge, and the DD-214 filed with the Town Clerk by September 30, applied to the real estate or motor vehicle assessment for the next grand list. The disabled veteran exemption runs on the combined service-connected disability rating, and effective October 1, 2024, a veteran rated 100 percent permanently and totally disabled due to service-related injuries is eligible for the exemption off the vehicle or dwelling, with the VA rating letter filed with the assessor by March 31 for either type. The sheet’s additional state veterans’ exemption goes to veterans eligible for the basic exemption whose adjusted gross income meets the guidelines, at twice the regular exemption; the copy posted prints the state’s income requirements for the 2024 grand list, $53,400 for a married couple and $43,800 for a single person, with the sheet’s filing period February 1 to October 1, 2024. The surviving spouse of a veteran entitled to the exemption remains entitled to it. New Canaan did not answer OLR’s 2023 survey and no local option was found.

Thresholds

Thresholds for New Canaan 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 New Canaan Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions
FigureAmountRead from
Wartime exemption, as New Canaan’s sheet prints itOn the DD-214 filed with the Town Clerk by September 30, applied to the real estate or motor vehicle assessment for the next grand listC.G.S. § 12-81(19)Town of New Canaan, Veteran’s ExemptionsRead
Disabled veteran exemption, as New Canaan’s sheet prints itDetermined by the total percentage of combined service-connected disability rating, applied to the assessment of real estate or motor vehicleC.G.S. § 12-81(20)Town of New Canaan, Veteran’s ExemptionsRead
Permanent and total disability exemption, as New Canaan’s sheet prints itThe exemption off the vehicle or dwelling, on the VA rating letter filed with the assessor by March 31C.G.S. § 12-81(83)Town of New Canaan, Veteran’s ExemptionsRead
Additional state veterans’ exemption, as New Canaan’s sheet prints itTwice the regular exemption, filed February 1 to October 1; the posted copy prints the 2024 grand-list income requirements of $53,400 married and $43,800 singleC.G.S. § 12-81gTown of New Canaan, Veteran’s ExemptionsRead

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