Disabled Veteran Property Tax Exemptions Go Through FBCAD

Texas gives disabled veterans a property-tax break based on VA disability rating. A partial rating can lower taxable value. A 100 percent service-connected or unemployability rating can remove the tax on a homestead.

Some surviving spouses can keep an exemption too. In Fort Bend County, the filing goes through FBCAD, the appraisal district. For the 100 percent exemption, its materials call for the state form, VA award letter, and current ID.

If your rating changes, you move, or you become a surviving spouse, the account will not fix itself. Check the current FBCAD form. Veteran plates are a separate tax-office filing.