Tax Relief for the Elderly or Permanently Disabled

The County of Warren adopted by local ordinance relief or partial relief from taxation on real property for the elderly or handicapped. Such ordinance includes specifications as to qualifications, applications, restrictions and conditions that apply. 

An application must be completed to qualify for the tax relief program. Applicants must file a tax exemption affidavit with the Commissioner of the Revenue, annually after January 1 and no later than April 1, of the taxable year.

• Application for Exemption for Elderly or Certain Disabled Persons (revised January 2019)
  

• Title of the property for which exemption is claimed must be held, or partially held, on January 1 of the taxable year, by the applicant.
• The head of the household occupying the dwelling must be 65 years or older on December 31 of the year immediately preceding the taxable year.
• Ages 65 and older - The gross combined income of the owner(s) during the year immediately preceding cannot exceed $35,000.
• For both categories, the net, combined financial worth of the owner(s) as of December 31 of the year immediately preceding cannot exceed $150,000. (Net financial worth shall include the fair market value of all assets, including the interest of the owner and of the spouse, and shall exclude fair market value of the maximum of five acres, for which the exemption is claimed.

• All income from all sources must be included to calculate total income.
• Income from salary, bonuses, commissions, interest, dividends, rental income, pensions, annuities, alimony, child support, public assistance, social security, and any other type of income.
• A one-time lump sum distribution is not considered as income.
• If the applicant has income in another state, the money must count towards the total income.
• Gross income shall include income from all sources of the owner(s) and all income except the first $5,000 of each of the owners’ relatives other than the owner’s spouse, living in the dwelling for which exemption is claimed.

• Complete Federal Income Tax Return, if applicable
• Social Security 1099 SSA
• Bank statements for December
• Pension, annuities, 1099R, etc.
• Mortgage company statements
• All documents supporting income

• Income less than $20,000: 100% relief-exemption
• Income $20,001 - $25,000: 75% relief
• Income $25,001 - $30,000: 50% relief
• Income $30,001 - $35,000: 25% relief

All assets including cash on hand or in the bank, notes receivable, stocks, bonds, CD’s, cash value of life insurance policies, vehicles, and personal property.

 

Mortgages, notes payable, other accounts payable (including co-signature on notes), credit cards, any federal, state, or local taxes. Any other liabilities except for everyday expenses such as phone bill, electric, etc. do not apply.

 

If you have any additional persons living in the home who work and have income, the first $5,000.00 of the yearly gross income shall not be included. Spousal income is included in the total income to qualify a dwelling for exemption.

 

If you wish to qualify under the disability exemption, you must provide the following:

Our office assists in the filing of these applications and renewals. We complete the applications for the customers and answer any questions. The Commissioner goes to the homes of many of the elderly and disabled who have no transportation or may be unable to come to our office.

 

• Applications are mailed in January of the filing year.
• Applications are due by April 1 of the filing year.

Applications may be returned to our office by mail or in person.

 

"Any county, city, or town may adopt, by ordinance, a deferral program for real estate taxes, in such amount as the ordinance may prescribe, subject to the limitations and conditions of the Code of Virginia §58.1-3219."
 
The Town of Front Royal has a deferred real estate tax program and if a landowner who is in the program sells their property then the owner(s) must pay back five years worth of taxes to the Town of Front Royal. If the owner of the property dies then the heirs of the property must pay back five years to the Town of Front Royal.