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Preston Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions

Preston’s exemption page raises the disability exemption to as much as $5,250 by rating, gives the dwelling exemption to a 100 percent permanently and totally disabled veteran, and offers a 12-81f local option OLR’s survey recorded at $10,000.

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

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

The assessor’s tax exemption page requires the DD-214 with the Town Clerk by September 30 and says a veteran with a VA disability rating should file the award letter, with “the standard exemption … increased, up to a maximum of $5,250 off the assessed value of either real estate or a motor vehicle.” A veteran rated permanently and totally disabled through service “is entitled to exemption of either a dwelling that is their permanent residence or one motor vehicle,” which the page dates to new legislation effective October 1, 2024. For low income veterans the page says “The Town of Preston also offers a Local Option additional Exemption,” filed on the town’s Application for Additional Veterans Exemption Section 12-81F with proof of income between February 1 and October 1. The application’s own text still points at the 2010 calendar year’s return and prints no amount; OLR’s 2023 survey recorded Preston as offering the 12-81f option at $10,000 with OPM’s income limits. The page also carries an Application for Motor Vehicle of a Service Person (Resident) and one for a non-resident. Preston’s former prestonct.org is dead and its site is www.prestonct.gov.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Preston 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 Preston Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions
FigureAmountRead from
Disability increase, as Preston’s page prints itThe standard exemption increased by rating, up to a maximum of $5,250 off the assessed value of either real estate or a motor vehicleC.G.S. § 12-81(20)Town of Preston, Tax Exemption InformationRead
Permanently and totally disabled dwelling exemption, as Preston’s page prints itEither a dwelling that is the veteran’s permanent residence or one motor vehicle, effective October 1, 2024C.G.S. § 12-81(83)Town of Preston, Tax Exemption InformationRead
Local option additional exemption, as Preston’s application prints itOn the Application for Additional Veterans Exemption Section 12-81F, filed with proof of income between February 1 and October 1; the form prints no amountC.G.S. § 12-81fTown of Preston, Tax Exemption InformationRead
Wartime and 30-year retiree amount, as Preston reported it to OLR’s survey$10,000, at OPM’s income limitsC.G.S. § 12-81fOLR Report 2024-R-0018, Veterans Property Tax Exemptions by Town: Municipal-Option ExemptionsRead
Motor vehicle of a service person, as Preston administers itOn the Application for Motor Vehicle of a Service Person (Resident) and (Non-Resident) posted by the assessorC.G.S. § 12-81(53)Town of Preston, Tax Exemption InformationRead

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