Exemptions
Motor Vehicles
Members of the Armed Forces serving in Active Duty must annually file application and proof of eligibility with the Assessor's office to claim exemption from motor vehicle taxation for that tax year.
Non-Connecticut Resident Servicemembers may use the Federal Exemption Application Claim Form for vehicles they or their spouse own or the Connecticut Exemption Application Claim Form for one leased vehicle.
Connecticut Resident or Non-Resident Servicemembers may file the Connecticut Exemption Application Claim Form to exempt one vehicle that they own or lease.
Ambulatory-Type Motor Vehicle Exemption Ambulatory modified vehicles used exclusively for purpose of transporting any medically incapacitated individual (not for profit) or any motor vehicle owned by a person with disabilities, or owned by a parent or guardian of such person, which vehicle is equipped for purposes of adapting its use to the disability of such person, may file the Ambulance-Type Motor Vehicle Exemption Application.
Veterans Exemptions
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Learn about the rules and regulations for tax exemptions for veterans.
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Veterans must present their original DD214 discharge paper to the Town Clerk prior to October 1 in order to have the veteran's exemption applied to their tax bill for the following year.
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Elderly & Disabled Homeowners and Additional Veterans Income Qualified Exemptions
Biennial filing period for Elderly & Disabled Homeowners is February 1 - May 15 and is based on income qualifications*. For additional information, please Click HERE. For a printable application, please Click HERE. For information on the Homeowner’s Program application process, please contact the Assessor's Office at (860) 429-3311.
Biennial filing period for Additional Veterans, Income Qualified is February 1 - October 1 for the upcoming grand list year (i.e., October 1, 2026). For additional information, please Click HERE. For a printable application please Click HERE.
First time filers, new applications:
*2025 Calendar Year Income Qualifications for these programs are: $46,300 Unmarried and $56,500 Married.
Blind Exemptions
In accordance with Connecticut General Statutes §12-81(17), residents of the State of Connecticut who are legally blind are eligible to receive an exemption of 3,000 of assessed valuation on his or her property.
Pursuant to C.G.S. §12-92, “blindness shall be defined to mean total and permanent loss of sight in both eyes or reduction in vision so that the central visual acuity does not exceed 20/200 in the better eye with correcting lenses, or, if visual acuity is greater than 20/200, it is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than twenty degrees.”
Satisfactory proof would include a “Certificate of Blindness” from the Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind (BESB), or a copy of the Eye Doctor Reporting Form to BESB, which must be filed with the Assessor, on or before October 1st for the following Grand List year. (Such forms are confidential and not open to public inspection).
For approved proofs filed October 2, 2024--October 1, 2025, exemptions apply to the 2025 Grand List year.
LOCAL OPTION EXEMPTION
The Town of Mansfield has adopted an additional 2,000, income based, assessment exemption, as provided for under C.G.S. §12-81i, C.G.S. §12-81j and C.G.S. §12-81l.
Any person, submitting a claim for the additional exemption, must meet the foregoing criteria and establish that their qualifying income is below the maximum amount provided by law. Such legally blind person, their duly authorized agent or attorney “shall be required to file an application, on a form prepared for such purpose by the Assessor, not later than the date of the assessment list with respect to which such additional exemption is claimed. Each such application shall include a copy of such person's federal income tax return, or, in the event that a return is not filed, such evidence related to income as may be required by the Assessor for the tax year of such person ending immediately prior to the approval of a claim for such additional exemption.”
The State’s 2025 income limits are $56,500 for a married couple and $46,300 for a single person.
The filing period is February 1-October 1. Applications filed every two years.
Approved applications filed February 1, 2024-October 1, 2024 apply to 2024 and 2025 Grand List Years.
Approved applications filed February 1, 2025-October 1, 2025 apply to 2025 and 2026 Grand List Years.
Certain Energy Exemptions
Sec. 58. Subdivision (57) of section 12-81 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2025):
(57) (A) (i) Any Class I renewable energy source, as defined in section 16-1, as amended by this act, or hydropower facility described in subdivision (21) of subsection (a) of section 16-1, installed for the generation of electricity where such electricity is intended for private residential use or on a farm, as defined in subsection (q) of section 1-1, provided (I) such installation occurs on or after October 1, 2007, (II) the estimated annual production of such source or facility does not exceed the estimated annual load for the location where such source or facility is located, where such load and production are estimated as of the date of installation of the source or facility as indicated in the written application filed pursuant to subparagraph [(E)] (G) of this subdivision, and (III) such installation is for a single family dwelling, a multifamily dwelling consisting of two to four units or a farm; (ii) any passive or active solar water or space heating system; or (iii) any geothermal energy resource. In the case of clause (i) of this subparagraph, the utilization of or participation in any net metering or tariff policy or program implemented by the state or ownership of such source or facility by a party other than the owner of the real property upon which such source or facility is installed shall not disqualify such source or facility from exemption pursuant to this section. In the case of clause (ii) or (iii) of this subparagraph, such exemption shall apply only to the amount by which the assessed valuation of the real property equipped with such system or resource exceeds the assessed valuation of such real property equipped with the conventional portion of the system or resource;
(B) For assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2013, any Class I renewable energy source, as defined in section 16-1, as amended by this act, hydropower facility described in subdivision (21) of subsection (a) of section 16-1, or solar thermal or geothermal renewable energy source, installed for generation or displacement of energy, provided (i) such installation occurs on or after January 1, 2010, (ii) such installation is for commercial or industrial purposes, (iii) the nameplate capacity of such source or facility does not exceed the load for the location where such generation or displacement is located, and (iv) such source or facility is located in a distressed municipality, as defined in section 32-9p, with a population between one hundred twenty-five thousand and one hundred thirty-five thousand;
(C) For assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2013, any municipality may, upon approval by its legislative body or in any town in which the legislative body is a town meeting, by the board of selectmen, abate up to one hundred per cent of property tax for any Class I renewable energy source, as defined in section 16-1, as amended by this act, hydropower facility described in subdivision (21) of subsection (a) of section 16-1, or solar thermal or geothermal renewable energy source, installed for generation or displacement of energy, provided (i) such installation occurs between January 1, 2010, and December 31, 2013, (ii) such installation is for commercial or industrial purposes, (iii) the nameplate capacity of such source or facility does not exceed the load for the location where such generation or displacement is located, and (iv) such source or facility is not located in a municipality described in subparagraph (B) of this subdivision;
(D) [For] Subject to the provisions of subparagraph (E) of this subdivision, for assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2014, any (i) Class I renewable energy source, as defined in section 16-1, as amended by this act, other than a nuclear power generating facility, (ii) hydropower facility described in subdivision (21) of subsection (a) of section 16-1, or (iii) solar thermal or geothermal renewable energy source, installed for generation or displacement of energy, provided (I) such installation occurs on or after January 1, 2014, (II) is for commercial or industrial purposes, (III) the nameplate capacity of such source or facility does not exceed the load for the location where such generation or displacement is located or the aggregated load of the beneficial accounts for any Class I renewable energy source participating in virtual net metering pursuant to section 16-244u, and (IV) in the case of clause (iii) of this subparagraph, such exemption shall apply only to the amount by which the assessed valuation of the real property equipped with such source exceeds the assessed valuation of such real property equipped with the conventional portion of the source;
(E) For assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2025, the exemption provided for under subparagraph(D)(i) of this subdivision shall apply only to equipment and devices that have the primary purpose of generating electricity and shall not apply to any real property on which such equipment and devices are located or installed;
(F) For assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2025, any Class I renewable energy source consisting of equipment and devices that have the primary purpose of collecting solar energy and generating electricity by photovoltaic effect. The exemption under this subparagraph shall apply only to equipment and devices that have the primary purpose of generating electricity and shall not apply to any real property on which such equipment and devices are located or installed;
[(E)] (G) Any person claiming [the] an exemption provided in this subdivision for any assessment year shall, on or before the first day of November in such assessment year, file with the assessor or board of assessors in the town in which such hydropower facility, Class I renewable energy source, solar thermal or geothermal renewable energy source or passive or active solar water or space heating system or geothermal energy resource is located, a written application claiming such exemption. Such application shall be made on a form prepared for such purpose by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in consultation with the Connecticut Association of Assessing Officers and the Connecticut Green Bank established pursuant to section 16- 245n, and shall include, but not be limited to, a statement of the estimated annual load and production of a source or facility described in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) of this subdivision as of the date of the installation of such source or facility. Said secretary shall make such application available to the public on the Internet web site of the Office of Policy and Management. Failure to file such application in the manner and form as provided by the secretary within the time limit prescribed shall constitute a waiver of the right to such exemption for such assessment year. Such application shall not be required for any assessment year following that for which the initial application is filed, provided if such hydropower facility, Class I renewable energy source, solar thermal or geothermal renewable energy source or passive or active solar water or space heating system or geothermal energy resource is altered in a manner [which] that would require a building permit, such alteration shall be deemed a waiver of the right to such exemption until a new application, applicable with respect to such altered source, is filed and the right to such exemption is established as required initially. [In the event that] If a person owns more than one such source or facility in a municipality, such person may file a single application identifying each source or facility;
[(F)] (H) For assessment years commencing on and after October 1, 2015, any municipality may, by vote of its legislative body or, in a municipality where the legislative body is a town meeting, by vote of the board of selectmen, abate up to one hundred per cent of the property taxes due for any tax year, for not longer than the term of the power purchase agreement, with respect to any Class I renewable energy source, as defined in section 16-1, as amended by this act, that is the subject of such power purchase agreement approved by the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority pursuant to section 16a-3f;
Certain Energy Exemptions Applications