NASHVILLE — The Tennessee Comptroller’s Office has released an updated report detailing state-provided benefits and services available to veterans and their families.
The report, prepared by the Office of Research and Education Accountability, identifies both benefits that can be quantified in state dollars and those that cannot. Quantified benefits include direct state spending as well as state revenue forgone when fees are waived or discounted for eligible veterans.
For fiscal year 2023-24, the report identified approximately $45.5 million in quantified state-provided benefits and services for veterans. Of that amount, about $27.2 million was attributable to the Comptroller’s Property Tax Relief program for disabled veterans and their surviving spouses, making it the largest single state-funded veterans benefit…