Disabled veterans in California, Connecticut, Indiana and Tennessee face property tax filing dates that run from Dec. 31 to April 5, and missing one can cost a break that ranges from up to $444 in Knox County, Tennessee, to up to $180,671 off the assessed value in California. Local assessor, auditor and trustee offices set the dates, and they are not the same from one place to the next.
The answer to whether a veteran has to refile this year depends on where the home sits. In Danbury, Connecticut, veterans with a 100 percent permanent disability must send in the paperwork again every year. In Indiana, California and Tennessee, the offices list their own application dates, and the earliest date, Dec. 31, is two months away…