Requirements
You may qualify for property tax reduction if you meet the following requirements:
- You owned and lived in a house or mobile home in Idaho that was your primary residence. (You may qualify if you lived in a care facility or nursing home or your home is not being rented.)
- Your net household income for 2017 was $30,050 or less after deducting:
- Business and farm losses
- Medical expenses not reimbursed by Medicare or other insurance
- Payment or Pre-payment of funeral expenses
- You were in one or more of the following categories as of January 1:
- Age 65 or older
- Blind
- Disabled as recognized by the Social Security Administration, Railroad Retirement Board or Federal Civil Service*
- Fatherless or motherless child under 18 years of age
- Former prisoner of war/hostage
- Veteran with at least 10% service-connected disability, or receiving VA pension for a nonservice-connected disability*
- Widow(er) of any age
*You may qualify if your disability application is being processed or appealed.