CT Veterans Affairs salutes VeteransThe mission of Connecticut Veterans Affairs is to assist Connecticut’s Veterans, across the spectrum of need, to ensure each Veteran and eligible family member receives the benefits and services they earned. For assistance navigating benefits, or to see what services in the state are available for you, click on the link below:Ledyard Social Services Department offers a variety of programs to assist families in need. To see what is offered, click on the link below:100% P&T Veteran Property Tax ExemptionLast year, the Connecticut legislature fully exempted from property tax a primary dwelling or motor vehicle for each former member of the armed services (i.e. veteran) who has a service-connected permanent and total disability rating (often referred to as "P&T rating”) from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. This year, the legislature specified that a veteran qualifies for the exemption if he or she is determined by the U.S. DVA to be permanently and totally disabled based on a 100% service-connected disability rating. Relatedly, it allowed municipalities that had already published their 2024 grand lists to reflect this change and make other corresponding changes to their FY 26 budgets and tax levies (PA 25-2, §§ 4-6, effective upon passage and the exemption provisions are applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2024). The legislature made several additional changes to this exemption which include, among others, (1) authorizing municipalities to expand or limit the exemption in specified ways; (2) limiting the exemption to the portion of the dwelling the veteran actually resides in; (3) explicitly excluding July 31, 2025 Page 8 of 20 2025-R-0093 commercial and rental properties; (4) generally expanding it to cover mobile homes, dwellings possessed as tenants for life, certain leased property, and property held in trust for qualifying veterans; (5) establishing specific documentation and verification requirements; (6) making it portable to other municipalities like the other veteran-related property tax exemptions; and (7) explicitly requiring veterans to disclose if their disability rating changes (PA 25-168, §§ 233-239, effective October 1, 2025, and applicable to assessment years starting on or after that date).
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