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Town of Sandwich, Massachusetts

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Town of Sandwich benefits

Sandwich Veterans’ Property Tax Exemptions (Clauses 22 to 22F)

Sandwich’s fiscal 2026 exemption criteria give $514.50 under clause 22, $964.69 under 22A, $1,929.38 under 22C and $1,286.25 under 22E, each the statute raised a quarter and…

  • Clause 22, fiscal 2026, as Sandwich publishes it: $514.50 off the tax bill (read 2026-10-15)
  • Clauses 22A and 22C, fiscal 2026, as Sandwich publishes them: $964.69 and $1,929.38 off the tax bill (read 2026-10-15)
  • Clause 22E, 100% rating, fiscal 2026, as Sandwich publishes it: $1,286.25 off the tax bill (read 2026-10-15)
  • Clauses 22, 22A, 22B, 22C and 22E, statutory: $400, $750, $1,250, $1,500 and $1,000 off the tax bill (read 2026-10-14)
  • Clauses 22D and 22F, statutory: Full exemption of the domicile (read 2026-10-14)

www.sandwichmass.org/202/Assessing

Massachusetts benefits that apply here

Massachusetts Chapter 115 Veterans’ Benefits

A needs-based cash and medical benefit paid by the city or town where the veteran lives, reimbursed 75 per cent by the commonwealth.

  • Maximum assets, a single recipient: $8,400 (read 2026-10-14)
  • Maximum assets, a recipient and dependents: $16,600 (read 2026-10-14)
  • Income above which only medical benefits are paid, 108 CMR 5.02(13): 200% of the current federal poverty level, with a spend-down above it (read 2026-10-14)

malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVII/Chapter115/Section5

Massachusetts Civil Service Veterans Preference

Not points. Disabled veterans go at the top of the eligible list, then veterans, then the spouse or single parent of a servicemember killed in action, then everyone else.

Gate: Ten per cent based on wartime service for the top tier

malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIV/Chapter31/Section26

Massachusetts Free Vehicle Registration and Driver’s License

No registration fee for any vehicle owned by a veteran at 100 per cent or rated individually unemployable, and no fee for that veteran’s driver’s licence either.

Gate: A combined service-connected rating of 100 per cent; Or individually unemployable due to a service-connected disability

malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXIV/Chapter90/Section33

Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Excise Exemption

One vehicle is free of the annual motor vehicle excise for a veteran at 100 per cent or rated individually unemployable, or with specified losses of limb or sight.

Gate: A combined service-connected rating of 100 per cent; Or individually unemployable due to a service-connected disability

malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter60A/Section1

Massachusetts Property Tax at Total Disability: $1,000 or the Whole Bill

A veteran rated 100 per cent gets a $1,000 abatement and has to recertify every year. A paraplegic or blind veteran gets the entire domicile exempted and never recertifies.

Gate: A disability rating of one hundred per cent

malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleIX/Chapter59/Section5

Massachusetts Public Higher Education Tuition Waiver for Veterans

Veterans are one of the categories the Board of Higher Education must cover in the state tuition waiver programme, but the statute sets no amount and no eligibility rules.

www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/38/3679

Massachusetts Veterans’ Annuity

A $2,500 annual payment on August 1 for a blind or paraplegic veteran, one who lost both legs or is 100 per cent disabled from enemy action or a service-connected accident, and…

Gate: Or loss of both legs, or 100 per cent disability from enemy action or a service-connected accident

malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXVII/Chapter115/Section6B

79 federal benefits apply here as well and are left off this page; the place page lists them.