Disabled veterans may qualify for a partial or full property tax exemption

A service-connected disability rating from the VA can knock down, or even wipe out, the property tax on a Victoria County veteran's home. The break scales with the rating: the higher the percentage, the deeper the cut. A veteran rated 100% disabled can end up owing nothing on the place they live in.

You file for it at the Victoria Central Appraisal District over on victoriacad.org, paperwork showing your VA rating in hand. And it doesn't stop with the veteran. A surviving spouse of someone who qualified can often carry the break forward onto the same home.

The dollar tiers tied to each rating band drift over the years, so the figure that matched a 50% rating a while back may not be the figure today. The current numbers live in the Comptroller's exemption guide, and the staff at VCAD can match your rating to the right tier before you fill anything out.