
Property Tax Appeal Property Tax Motigation Specialist
Chicago Reassessed in 2024
Disabled Veterans Homeowners Exemption
Veterans with a service-connected disability as certified by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs are eligible for this annual exemption. It reduces by certain amounts the Equalized Assessed Value (EAV) on a disabled veteran's primary residence, very likely lowering the tax bill.
It is very important to note that the Equalized Assessed Value (EAV) is not the amount of your taxes. The EAV is only the partial property value on which your taxes are computed; any reduction in EAV is not the dollar amount by which your tax bill may be lowered.
As we've said elsewhere on this web site, recently, this annual exemption is now greatly expanded. Beginning with Tax Year 2015 (billed and paid in 2016), veterans whose level of disability is as little as 30% are eligible for a deduction from the EAV of their primary residence. The amounts of those EAV deductions range from $2,500 to $5,000. Also, for the first time, veterans 70% or more disabled are totally exempt from property taxes.
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