Property Tax Reduction Programs

Veteran Property Tax Deduction - Application

**Application to be filed with Tax Assessor's Office**

$250 may be deducted each year from taxes due on the real or personal property of qualified war veterans or their unmarried surviving spouses.

Qualifications: 

You must be an honorably discharged U.S. Armed Forces war veteran or the unmarried surviving spouse of a service person who served in a time of war and died while on active duty. You must be a property owner and a legal resident of New Jersey and, where applicable, prove that the deceased veteran or service person was a legal resident of New Jersey.

Totally and Permanently Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemption - Application

**Application to be filed with Tax Assessor's Office**

Disabled Veterans or Surviving Spouses
100% permanently and totally disabled war veterans or the unmarried surviving spouses of such disabled war veterans and service persons are granted a full property tax exemption on the dwelling house and the lot on which it is situated.

Qualifications: 

You must be an honorably discharged disabled veteran who had active service in a time of war in the U.S. Armed Forces, or the unmarried surviving spouse of such a disabled veteran. Wartime service-connected disability must be certified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Unmarried surviving spouses of service persons who died in active service in time of war also qualify.

You must be the owner and a permanent resident in the dwelling and a legal resident of New Jersey. In the case of surviving spouses, the deceased spouse must also have been a legal resident of New Jersey.

Claim Form D.V.S.S.E. must be filed with your municipal tax assessor.

Income Tax Reduction Programs

This program is administered by the State of New Jersey, Department of the Treasury. Fore more information, please click HERE