Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL 118
Committee Substitute Favorable 3/18/25
Committee Substitute #2 Favorable 9/23/25

Short Title: Disabled Veterans Tax Relief Bill. (Public)
Sponsors:
Referred to:
February 17, 2025
*H118-v-3*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO INCREASE T HE DISABLED VETERAN PROPERTY TAX HOMESTE AD 2
EXCLUSION AMOUNT AND TO PROVIDE LOCAL GO VERNMENTS WITH A 3
PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE LOSS OF REVENUE. 4
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 5
SECTION 1. G.S. 105-277.1C reads as rewritten: 6
"§ 105-277.1C. Disabled veteran property tax homestead exclusion. 7
(a) Classification. – A permanent residence owned and occupied by a qualifying owner 8
is designated a special class of property under Article V, Section 2(2) of the North Carolina 9
Constitution and is taxable in accordance with this section. The first forty-five sixty-one thousand 10
dollars ($45,000) ($61,000) of appraised value of the residence is excluded from taxation. A 11
qualifying owner who receives an e xclusion under this section may not receive other property 12
tax relief. 13
(b) Definitions. – The following definitions apply in this section: 14
(1) Disabled veteran. – A veteran of any branch of the Armed Forces of the United 15
States whose character of service a t separation was honorable or under 16
honorable conditions and who satisfies one of the following requirements: 17
a. As of January 1 preceding the taxable year for which the exclusion 18
allowed by this section is claimed, the veteran had received benefits 19
under 38 U.S.C. § 2101. 20
b. The veteran has received a certification by the United States 21
Department of Veterans Affairs or another federal agency indicating 22
that, as of January 1 preceding the taxable year for which the exclusion 23
allowed by this section is claim ed, he or she the veteran has a 24
service-connected, permanent, and total disability. 25
c. The veteran is deceased and the United States Department of Veterans 26
Affairs or another federal agency has certified that, as of January 1 27
preceding the taxable year for which the exclusion allowed by this 28
section is claimed, the veteran's death was the result of a 29
service-connected condition. 30
(2) Repealed by Session Laws 2009-445, s. 22(c), effective for taxes imposed for 31
taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2009. 32
(3) Permanent residence. – Defined in G.S. 105-277.1. 33
(4) Property tax relief. – Defined in G.S. 105-277.1. 34
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(4a) Qualifying owner. – An owner, as defined in G.S. 105-277.1, who is a North 1
Carolina resident and one of the following: 2
a. A disabled veteran. 3
b. The surviving spouse of a disabled veteran who has not remarried. 4
(5), (6) Repealed by Session Laws 2009-445, s. 22(c), effective for taxes imposed for 5
taxable years beginning on or after July 1, 2009. 6
(7) Service-connected. – Defined in 38 U.S.C. § 101. 7
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(g) Local Government Partial Reimbursement. – The State is required to reimburse each 9
county and city for one-half of the taxes lost as a result of the increase in the maximum exclusion 10
amount under G.S. 105-277.1C from the first forty-five thousand dollars ($45,000) of appraised 11
value to the first sixty -one thousand dollars ($61,000) of appraised value, effective for taxable 12
years beginning on or after July 1, 2026. On or before February 15 , 2027 , and each year 13
thereafter, the tax collector of each county and the tax collector of each city shall furnish to the 14
Secretary of Revenue a list on a form prescribed by the Secretary containing the name and address 15
of each person who has qualified for the exclusion provided in G.S. 105-277.1C for that taxable 16
year and the information listed in this subsection . The Secretary may, for cause, grant an 17
extension for the submission of or modifications to the list. Reimbursement amounts for 18
submissions or modifications to submissions received by the Secretary after April 1 shall be paid 19
to a county or city in the next fiscal year. For each person listed, the following information must 20
be shown: 21
(1) The total appraised value of the property eligible for the exclusion. 22
(2) The tax rate that the property is subject to. 23
(3) The reduc tion in taxes due . The reduction in taxes due is calculated by 24
dividing by 100 the exclusion amount for which the taxpayer qualifies, up to 25
a maximum of sixteen thousand dollars ($16,000), and multiplying the result 26
by the tax rate provided under subdivision (2) of this subsection. 27
On or before April 15, 2027, and each year thereafter, the Secretary shall distribute to each 28
county and city, as applicable, an amount equal to fifty percent (50%) of the sum of the amounts 29
provided under subdivision (3) of this subsection. Funds received by a county or city pursuant to 30
this section because the county or city was collecting taxes for another unit of government or 31
special district shall be credited to the fu nds of that other unit or district in accordance with 32
regulations issued by the Local Government Commission. 33
In order to pay for the reimbursement under this section and the cost to the Department of 34
Revenue of administering the reimbursement, the Secretar y of Revenue shall draw from 35
collections received under Part 2 of Article 4 of this Chapter an amount equal to the 36
reimbursement and the cost of administration." 37
SECTION 2. This act is effective for taxes imposed for taxable years beginning on 38
or after July 1, 2026. 39