Senior Property Tax Exemptions


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Exemption and Abatement Application Forms (will link to Assessors Forms)
 

 
Clause
Persons who are eligible
Qualifications
Amount

17D
 

Surviving Spouse, Minor, Aged Person
 
Total estate, both real and personal cannot exceed $40,000 exclusive of any mortgage interest in any real estate included in total estate and exclusive of total value of domicile up to a 3-unit building of which one unit is owner occupied.
$175.00
18
Hardship

Any person who is so aged, inform and poverty stricken that he or she is unable to contribute to public charges, (subject to M.G.L. Section 5A)
 
No Specific Amount
22
Disabled Veteran
10% or greater disability, Purple Heart, or widows or widowers of qualified veterans (as long as they remain  unmarried) or parents of service men killed in action.
$400.00
22A
Disabled Veteran
Loss of one foot, hand or sight of one eye, or Distinguished Service Cross, Air Force Cross or Navy Cross
$750.00
22B
Disabled Veterans
Loss of both hands, feet or eyes
$1,250.00
22C
Disabled Veterans
Specially-adapted housing
$1,500.00
22D
Surviving Spouse
Surviving spouses of service members or guardsmen who died from injury or disease due to being in combat zone, or who are missing in action and presumed dead due to combat.

Full 1st Five Years
$2,500 After
 
22E
Disabled Veterans
100% disability and incapable of working. Must file certification indicating inability to work.
$1,000.00
Paraplegic
Disabled Veterans
Paralysis of lower half of body on both sides, Surviving spouses of paraplegics
Full
37A
Blind
Legal Resident of Mass. Proof of blindness from the Mass. Commission of the Blind must be furnished each year.
$500.00
41C
 
Elderly
 

Applicant must be 65 prior to July 1, be a resident of Massachusetts for 10 years and owned real estate in Massachusetts for 5 years. If single, income cannot exceed $20,000; or if married, combined income of applicant and spouse cannot exceed $30,000.  Minimum social security deductions, if any, are allowed.  If single, the whole estate cannot exceed $40,000; or if married combine whole estate of applicant and spouse cannot exceed $55,000.  Value of domicile up to a 3-unit dwelling, of which one unit is owner occupied, is also excluded.
 
$500.00