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Missouri Property Tax Credit — One of Several Routes, and Renters Count

A credit claimed on your income tax return rather than relief applied to the bill — and it reaches renters as well as owners. Veterans are one qualifying class among several: the veteran route is a 100% service-connected permanent and total disability. Seniors and disabled persons reach the same credit by their own routes, so not qualifying as a veteran does not mean not qualifying.

Verified August 27, 2026

What this benefit is

A credit claimed on your income tax return rather than relief applied to the bill — and it reaches renters as well as owners. Veterans are one qualifying class among several: the veteran route is a 100% service-connected permanent and total disability. Seniors and disabled persons reach the same credit by their own routes, so not qualifying as a veteran does not mean not qualifying.

What it's worth: A credit against Missouri income tax, claimed on Form MO-PTC

  • We do not hold Missouri county tax rates, so we cannot convert this into a dollar figure for your county.
  • The veteran route is a 100% service-connected disability that is permanent and total.
  • It is not a veterans-only programme. Seniors and disabled persons qualify under their own classes, so check those routes if the veteran one does not fit.
  • Owning is not required. Renters claim the credit on the same form.

Who is entitled to it

  • You served in the U.S. armed forces.
  • The VA has rated you 100% service-connected, permanent and total.
  • You own and occupy the home as your principal residence.
  • Your home is in Missouri.

Not sure whether that describes you?

Answer a few questions about this benefit specifically — we only ask what this one actually depends on, and we stop as soon as we know.

How to claim it

Deadline: April 15, with your return
  1. 1Get a VA letter showing the finding this relief turns on, and file it with the Missouri Department of Revenue.
  2. 2Ask what happens if your rating or occupancy changes — that is what ends most granted reliefs.
Form
MO-PTC
File with
the Missouri Department of Revenue
Documents you will need
va benefit summary letter · dd214
Re-file every year
Entitlement is retested annually. Missing a year costs that year.
Worth knowingIt is a credit on the income tax return, not an exemption at the assessor. That means you claim it from the Department of Revenue and it can reach a RENTER paying property tax through their rent, which no exemption in this corpus does.
Known gapThe credit is income-limited and capped, and the figures move. We publish the mechanism and the form and not the current maximum.

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