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Portland Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions

Portland’s assessor publishes a 2026 veteran benefit matrix printing the wartime exemption at $1,000 or more with revaluation, the state additional at twice the basic at the 2026 income limits, the D-2 dwelling exemption, and a 12-81f local option of up to $10,000 or 10 percent adopted by the selectmen in 2007.

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

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The assessor’s exemptions page links a “Connecticut Statutory & Local Option Veteran Exemptions” matrix dated October 7, 2026. It prints the basic wartime exemption at $1,000 “or more if increased due to revaluation”; the 12-81g(a),(d) income-based additional at twice the basic for income at or below the threshold - for the 2026 calendar year, $46,300 for single and $56,500 for married, based on 2025 income - and 50 percent above it; and the 12-81(83) dwelling exemption in full, not land or outbuildings, with the annual D-2 application by January 1. The matrix checks one municipal option: 12-81f(a), “Up to $10,000 or 10% of assessed value.” The local option’s application states it rests on “GCS Sec. 12-81f (a) Portland BOS 2/28/2007” and is filed biennially, February 2 to October 1. The exemptions page also links the assessor’s Active Military AOA form, the motor vehicle property tax exemption application for active duty members of the armed forces under 12-81(53), a new application filed annually. OLR’s 2023 survey recorded Portland as offering none of the municipal options, which disagrees with the 2007 Board of Selectmen adoption the matrix and application print; ask the assessor which applies. Portland’s code of ordinances on Municode carries no veterans’ section - its taxation chapter’s only vehicle exemption, § 18-5 (Ord. of 9-23-1998), restates 12-81C’s ambulance and retrofitted-handicapped-vehicle exemption.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Portland 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 Portland Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions
FigureAmountRead from
Wartime exemption, as Portland’s matrix prints it$1,000, or more if increased due to revaluationC.G.S. § 12-81(19)Town of Portland, Veteran Programs Statutory References (October 7, 2026)Read
State additional exemption, as Portland’s matrix prints itTwice the basic exemption if income is at or below the threshold - for 2026, $46,300 single and $56,500 married - and 50 percent if income exceeds itC.G.S. § 12-81gTown of Portland, Veteran Programs Statutory References (October 7, 2026)Read
Portland local option, as Portland’s matrix and application print itUp to $10,000 or 10 percent of assessed value, filed biennially February 2 to October 1 (Board of Selectmen, February 28, 2007)C.G.S. § 12-81fTown of Portland, Application for Local Veteran Option (Board of Selectmen, February 28, 2007)Read
Permanent and total disability dwelling exemption, as Portland’s matrix prints itThe dwelling fully exempt, not land or outbuildings, or one motor vehicle if the veteran owns no dwelling, on the annual D-2 application by January 1C.G.S. § 12-81(83)Town of Portland, Veteran Programs Statutory References (October 7, 2026)Read
Active Military AOA motor vehicle exemption, as Portland administers itOn the AOA Form, the motor vehicle property tax exemption application for active duty members of the armed forces, a new application filed annuallyC.G.S. § 12-81(53)Town of Portland, AOA Form, Motor Vehicle Property Tax Exemption Application for Active Duty Members of the Armed Forces (revised 02/14)Read

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