Westmoreland County: The State's Disabled Veterans Tax Exemption and County Exonerations

Westmoreland County veterans apply for Pennsylvania's full real estate tax exemption through Veterans Affairs & Services. Once the State grants it, the commissioners exonerate the county tax, interest and fees still billed on the home, and refund tax already paid.

Also called: property tax, real estate tax exemption, RETX, 51 Pa.C.S. 8902, exoneration, tax refund, $114,637.

For: Veteran or service member.

Where it applies

Written for the jurisdictions listed here.

Westmoreland County, PACounty

The exemption is the State's; see the Pennsylvania entry. It removes all real estate tax on the home of a wartime veteran rated 100% permanent, paid for individual unemployability, or blind, paraplegic or missing two or more limbs from service, on a showing of need presumed at income of $114,637 or less. The application goes through Veterans Affairs & Services (724-830-3530), on the State's form. What the county does after the grant. The commissioners' agendas carry, meeting after meeting, the exoneration of county taxes, interest and fees on properties whose owners have been granted the disabled veterans exemption, recording that the township has also exonerated and that no school tax is due, and refunds where the county tax was already paid (for example $895.97 on June 25, 2026). The grants they record are effective on July 15 (2025 or 2026). What that means for a veteran. Keep paying until the State's letter arrives; the county then clears or refunds its share for the period the exemption covers. Ask the county Tax Office or the veterans office if a bill or a refund does not follow the grant.

Thresholds

Thresholds for Westmoreland County: The State's Disabled Veterans Tax Exemption and County Exonerations
Gate	Rule
100% permanent, on one path	One path is a VA rating of 100% made permanent. The rating filter does not hide this entry, because the statute also opens on blindness, paraplegia or the loss of two limbs at any rating.
Permanent on the 100% path	The 100% rating has to be permanent.
Individual unemployability	A "total" disability includes individual unemployability.
Blindness, paraplegia or the loss of two or more limbs	Service-connected blindness, paraplegia or the loss of two or more limbs qualifies at any combined rating.
Financial need, presumed at $114,637 or less	Income at or below $114,637 from January 1, 2025 is presumed to show need; above it the applicant can still show need from expenses. Veterans benefits are not counted.

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Last updated 2026-10-02.

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