Veterans' Property Tax Credits (NH Veterans' Tax Credit)
Reduces the property tax bill for qualifying veterans, their spouses, or surviving spouses, with a larger credit available for veterans who have a service-connected total disability. Each city or town sets its own credit amount within limits set by state law.
Who it is for
New Hampshire resident veterans who served at least 90 days on active duty and were honorably discharged (or continue serving), and their spouses or surviving spouses. A bigger credit applies to veterans with a VA service-connected total disability rating. The applicant must own and live in the home and have lived in New Hampshire for at least a year before applying.
Focus: Veterans with disabilities, Surviving spouses and families
Before you start
How you apply: Application path varies.
This is a state law but the application is filed with your own city or town assessing office, not a state agency, so the process can look slightly different from one town to the next.
How to apply
- Get Form PA-29 (Permanent Application for Property Tax Credits/Exemptions) from the NH Department of Revenue Administration website or your town's assessing office.
- Fill it out and attach your DD-214 or equivalent discharge paperwork showing dates of service and character of discharge.
- File it with your city or town assessing office by April 15 of the year you want the credit.
Deadline: File by April 15 each year with your city or town assessing office. (Fixed deadline)
Amount: The standard wartime veterans' credit is $50, and towns may raise it up to $750 (this is also the amount the broader All Veterans' Tax Credit mirrors in each town). The total disability credit is $700 by default, and towns may raise it up to $5,000.
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