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2Form PTAX-341 General Information
What is the Returning Veterans’ Homestead
When will I receive my exemption?
Exemption (RVHE)?
You should apply for this exemption for the assessment year
The Returning Veterans’ Homestead Exemption
(35 ILCS
that you return home. The County Board of Review has the final
provides a $5,000 reduction in the equalized as-
200/15-167)
authority to grant your exemption. If granted, your exemption will
sessed value (EAV) of the veteran’s principal residence for two
be applied to the property tax bills paid the two years following
consecutive assessment (tax) years, the tax year and the follow-
the assessment years.
ing year that the veteran returns from active duty in an armed
conflict involving the armed forces of the United States. The
Can I receive the exemption again?
veteran must own and occupy the property as his or her principal
The exemption applies “only for the tax year and the following tax
residence on January 1 of each assessment year. A veteran who
year in which the veteran returns from active duty in an armed
acquires a principal residence after January 1 of the year he or
conflict involving the armed forces of the U.S.” You may be eli-
she returns home is eligible for the RVHE on the principal resi-
gible for this exemption again if you return home from active duty
dence owned and occupied on January 1 of the next tax year.
in a subsequent year.
Note: For purposes of the exemption, “occupy” means your
principal place of dwelling which is “the place where a person
Do I need to provide documentation?
has his or her true, fixed permanent home and principal
Your Chief County Assessment Officer (CCAO) will require
establishment, and to which, whenever he or she is absent, he
documentation to verify your eligibility for this exemption.
or she has the intention of returning.”
If you were discharged from active duty service, you must provide
Who is eligible?
• the original Form DD 214; or
To qualify for this exemption you must
• a copy of Form DD 214 certified by the county recorder,
• be an Illinois resident who has served as a member of the U.S.
recorder of deed’s, IL Dept. of Veterans’ Affairs, or the National
Armed Forces, Illinois National Guard, or U.S. Reserve Forces,
Archives Record Center.
• have returned from active duty in an armed conflict involving
If you are still on active duty after returning home, you must provide
the armed forces of the U.S.,
• Form DD 220; or
• have owned or had a legal or equitable interest in the land on
• military orders and travel voucher stating that you are returning
which a single-family residence is situated and used as your
from an armed conflict involving the armed forces of the U.S.
principal place of residence on January 1 of the assessment
within the tax year that you returned home.
years, and
When and where must I file Form PTAX-341?
• be liable for the payment of the property taxes.
Note: A representative can apply on behalf of a deceased
You should apply for this exemption for the year when you return
veteran who has met the qualifications listed above.
from active duty in an armed conflict involving the armed forces
of the United States. You must reapply for this exemption if you
Is the resident of a cooperative apartment eligible?
continue to meet the eligibility requirements and change your
To qualify for this exemption, the resident must be
principal residence. Contact your CCAO at the address and
• the owner of record of a legal or equitable interest in the property,
phone number stated below for assistance and the due date for
• occupy it as a principal residence, and
filing for this exemption. Mail your completed Form PTAX-341
• be liable by contract with the owner(s) of record for the property
and supporting documentation to the address below.
t ax payments.
A resident of a cooperative apartment building who has a
leasehold interest does not qualify for this exemption.
If you have any questions, please call:
Mail your completed Form PTAX-341 to:
618
692-6270
MADISON
(______)___________________________
_____________________ County Chief County Assessment Officer
157 N MAIN ST, Suite 229
______________________________________________________
Mailing address
Edwardsville
62025
_____________________________________ IL ______________
City
ZIP
Official use. Do not write in this space.
___ ___/___ ___/___ ___ ___ ___
___ ___/___ ___/___ ___ ___ ___
Date received
Board of review action date
Month Day Year
Month Day Year
___ ___ ___ ___
Verify proof of eligibility_______________________________
Approved
Denied for
Year veteran returned home
___ ___ ___ ___
Approved
Denied for
Following year
Comments:___________________________________________
Reason for denial: _____________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
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