Twin Falls County Assessor: Disabled Veteran Benefit and Property Tax Reduction
The Twin Falls County Assessor takes the State's disabled veteran benefit - up to $1,500 off the tax on the home and an acre for a veteran rated 100% or paid at 100% for unemployability - and the income-tested property tax reduction, which counts a veteran rated 10% or more or drawing a VA pension; both are filed January 1 to April 15 with an ID, proof of Social Security number and a current VA letter.
Also called: property tax, 63-705A, circuit breaker, $1,500, April 15, unemployability, 10%, VA pension, Assessor, Twin Falls, Buhl, Filer, Kimberly, Hansen, Murtaugh, Castleford, Hollister.
Both programmes are the State's (Idaho Code 63-705A for the veteran benefit and 63-701 to 63-710 for the property tax reduction); see the Idaho entries. The Twin Falls County Assessor takes the applications.
The veteran benefit. The Assessor's page: "The Property Tax Benefit for Disabled Veterans program assists in reducing property taxes for veterans with a 100% service-connected disability. If you qualify, the program could reduce the property taxes on your home and up to one acre of land by as much as $1,500." A veteran qualifies who is "recognized as a veteran with a 100% service-connected disability or receive[s] 100% compensation due to individual unemployability by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs as of January 1, 2026". Apply January 1 to April 15 with an Idaho driver's licence or ID, proof of Social Security number and "An up-to-date VA disability percentage letter". The page says both "You must apply and qualify for this program every year" and, a few lines on, "if your service letter specifies your disability as permanent and total, you do not need to reapply each year"; the second is the State rule. A surviving spouse keeps the benefit on the same home, "not transferable to a new property after the death of the veteran or if the spouse remarries".
The property tax reduction. For 2026 the applicant's 2025 income after medical expenses must be $39,130 or less, and one qualifying status is "Veteran with a 10% or more service-connected disability or receiving a pension from Veterans Affairs (VA) for a non-service-connected disability". The county's deferral page notes that VA compensation to a veteran rated 40 to 100 percent, and DIC, are left out of income. A veteran who qualifies for both gets both: 63-705A(1) grants the veteran benefit "regardless of any reduction received under section 63-705", capping the two together at the actual tax.
Thresholds
Thresholds for Twin Falls County Assessor: Disabled Veteran Benefit and Property Tax Reduction
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Rule
100% (veteran benefit) or 10% (reduction)
The $1,500 benefit needs a 100% rating or 100% pay for unemployability; the income-tested reduction counts a 10% rating or a VA pension.
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