Michael Ryan
Director of Assessing
Michael.Ryan@hanovernh.org
or assessor@hanovernh.org

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Exemption Program

Property Tax Exemptions and Tax Credits

Applications for Exemptions and Tax Credits, available in the Assessor's office, must be filed by March 1 following the date of notice of tax. For more information regarding application procedures and definitions contact the Assessor's Office or refer to New Hampshire Revised Statutes online at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/indexes/default.html

See below on this page for details on the following topics:
   Exemption for the Disabled
   Exemption for the Blind
   Exemption for the Elderly
   Tax Deferral for Elderly and Disabled
   Veterans or Veterans Widow Tax Credit
   Tax Credit for Service-Connected Total Disability
   Exemption for certain disabled Veterans

Exemption for the Disabled, RSA 72:37-B

This Exemption is $165,000. off the assessed value off a person's residential real estate.

To qualify, the person must be a New Hampshire resident for at least 5 years and own and occupy the real estate individually or jointly, or if the real estate is owned by a spouse, they must have been
married for at least 5 years.

Income and Asset Limits:

A single person must have a net income of not more than $26,000. or, if married, a combined net income of not more than $35,000.

Net assets not in excess of $75,000. excluding the value of the person's residence.

For more information, contact the Assessor's Office or refer to the New Hampshire Revised Statutes online at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/indexes/default.html

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Exemption for the Blind, RSA 72:37

This Exemption is $30,000. off the assessed value of a person's residential real estate.

To qualify, the person must be determined to be legally blind by the Blind Services Program of the Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation, Department of Education.

For more information, contact the Assessor's Office or refer to the New Hampshire Revised Statutes online at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/indexes/default.html

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Exemption for the Elderly, RSA 72:39-A

This Exemption is based on the assessed value, for qualified taxpayers, as follows:

For a person 65-74 years of age, the exemption is $80,000. off of the assessed value;

For a person 75-79 years of age, the exemption is $120,000. off of the assessed value; and

For a person 80 years of age and older, the exemption is $165,000. off of the assessed value.

To qualify, the person must have been a New Hampshire resident for at least 5 years, own the real estate individually or jointly, or if the real estate is owned by such person's spouse, they must have
been married for at least 5 years.

Income and Asset limits:

A single person must have a net income of not more that $32,000. or, if married, a combined net income of not more than $45,000.

Net assets not in excess of $75,000. excluding the value of the person's residence.

For more information, contact the Assessor's Office or refer to the New Hampshire Revised Statutes online at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/indexes/default.html

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Tax Deferral for the Elderly and Disabled, RSA 72:38-A

For information, contact the Assessor's Office or refer to the New Hampshire Revised Statutes online at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/indexes/default.html

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Veterans or Veterans Widow Tax Credit, RSA 72:28

This is a $50. tax credit from the property tax on a qualifying veteran's residential property. To qualify, one:

* must own property on April 1st of year of application;
* must be a NH resident for 1 year prior April 1st of application year;
* must be claiming exemption on his or her residential property;
* must notify Assessor's Office of any change of address;
* must be honorably discharged from service;
* must apply with a copy of DD Form 214 or equivalent; and
* the Veteran must have served no fewer than 90 days during a qualifying war or armed conflict.

For more information, contact the Assessor's Office or refer to the New Hampshire Revised Statutes online at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/indexes/default.html
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Tax Credit for Service-connected Total Disability, RSA 72:35

This is a $2,000. tax credit from the property tax on a qualifying veteran's residential property. To qualify, one:

* must have been honorably discharged from the military service of the United States of America;

* has a total and permanent service-connected disability, or is a double amputee or paraplegic because of a service-connected injury, or is the surviving spouse and has not remarried. The disability must be 100%, and there must be a letter from the Veterans Administration certifying 100% disability.

The exemption must be applied to the applicant's residential property and the applicant must have owned the residential property as of April 1st of the application year.

For more information, contact the Assessor's Office or refer to the New Hampshire Revised Statutes online at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/indexes/default.html

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Certain Disabled Veterans, RSA 72:36-A

For information, contact the Assessor's Office or refer to the New Hampshire Revised Statutes online at http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/indexes/default.html