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NEW LAW GIVES DISABLED VETERANS PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION (AUDIO_ VIDEO)

BRYAN TERRY

Fri, 22 Nov 2013 00:02:48 EST

 




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LEGISLATION RECENTLY SIGNED BY GOVERNOR RICK SNYDER EXTENDS PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION TO MORE DISABLED VETERANS THAN PREVIOUSLY IN THE STATE, BUT WITH THE WINTER TAX SEASON ALMOST UPON US, TIME IS RUNNING SHORT FOR VETERANS TO APPLY.     WLEW SPOKE WITH DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN'S AFFAIRS COUNCILOR STEPHEN YOUNG OF HURON COUNTY WHO SAYS THE EXEMPTION HAD ONLY APPLIED TO DISABLED VETERANS WHO HAD A CERTIFICATE ENTITLING THEM TO SPECIAL ADAPTIVE HOUSING.     YOUNG TOLD US WHAT NEW GROUPS CAN APPLY NOW...

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YOUNG SAYS TO RECEIVE THE EXEMPTION A VETERAN MUST RECEIVE AN AFFIDAVIT FROM THEIR LOCAL VA COUNCILOR LIKE HIM AND THAT THE AFFIDAVIT MUST GO BEFORE A BOARD OF REVIEW FOR THEIR LOCAL TAX ASSESSOR.    YOUNG EXPLAINED WHAT IS NEEDED TO RECEIVE THE AFFIDAVIT...

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ONCE APPROVED THE EXEMPTION WILL APPLY FOR ONE YEAR AND MUST BE RENEWED AT THE END OF THAT YEAR.    FOR THIS YEAR, BECAUSE IT IS A NEW LAW THE EXEMPTION WILL APPLY RETROACTIVELY FOR THE 2013 SEASONS, OFFERING DISABLED VETERANS A REFUND ON THEIR PROPERTY TAXES FROM EARLIER THIS YEAR. WLEW IS AWAITING A RETURN CALL FROM THE STATE TAX COMMISSION TO CONFIRM WHERE THE REFUNDED MONEY WILL COME FROM.   YOUNG SAYS EACH TOWNSHIP AND MUNICIPALITY TAXATION BOARD OF REVIEW MEETS AT DIFFERENT TIMES SO HE STRESSES THE IMPORTANCE FOR THE VETERANS TO APPLY FOR THEIR AFFIDAVIT BEFORE DECEMBER BEGINS.


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