Sussex County: Disabled Veterans School Tax Credit

The credit is the State's, under 14 Del. C. section 1917: a qualified person - a veteran receiving from VA 100 percent disability compensation for a service-connected, permanent and total disability based on individual unemployability or a 100 percent disability rating, legally domiciled in Delaware for at least 3 consecutive years - is allowed a credit against the full school tax liability on qualified property, if the local school board has authorized the credit. The receiver of taxes and county treasurer applies the credit; the application must be received by April 30 immediately before the beginning of the tax year. Sussex County's own page. The county's Tax Assistance Programs page lists the Disabled Veterans School Tax Credit with its own conditions: totally disabled; a full-time primary resident of Delaware for the preceding three years as of July 1 of the current tax year; up to a full credit towards property taxes, excluding Sussex Tech and non-value-based fees and services; and a statewide deadline of April 30 for applications to be turned in. The clean-hands rule. The same page prints the county's rule that no application shall be approved unless all taxes, user fees, sewer service charges and all other taxes and fees then due to or collectible by Sussex County have been paid in full - the Sussex County Clean Hands Act. Where to file. The Billing Division, Sussex County Administrative Office Building, P.O. Box 601, 2 The Circle, Georgetown, DE 19947, Manager of Billing and Collections Katrina Mears, (302) 855-7871 - the state Finance page lists the same number for Sussex County.