The All Veterans' Credit — No Wartime Service Required, but Your Town Has to Have Voted for It
RSA 72:28-b lets a New Hampshire town give the same property tax credit to ANY resident veteran with 90 or more days of active service — no wartime period needed. Qualifying National Guard and reserve training counts, and someone still serving qualifies. The amount matches whatever the municipality has adopted under RSA 72:28, up to $750 a year, and towns are allowed a three-year phase-in. Two conditions: THE TOWN MUST HAVE ADOPTED IT, and you must not already be eligible for the RSA 72:28 or RSA 72:35 credit. Ask your town — adoption is not universal.
Verified August 27, 2026
What this benefit is
RSA 72:28-b lets a New Hampshire town give the same property tax credit to ANY resident veteran with 90 or more days of active service — no wartime period needed. Qualifying National Guard and reserve training counts, and someone still serving qualifies. The amount matches whatever the municipality has adopted under RSA 72:28, up to $750 a year, and towns are allowed a three-year phase-in. Two conditions: THE TOWN MUST HAVE ADOPTED IT, and you must not already be eligible for the RSA 72:28 or RSA 72:35 credit. Ask your town — adoption is not universal.
What it's worth: The same amount your town has adopted under RSA 72:28 — up to $750 a year
- NO WARTIME SERVICE IS REQUIRED. 90 or more days of active service is the test.
- Qualifying NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE TRAINING counts toward the 90 days.
- Someone ACTIVELY SERVING qualifies.
- THE MUNICIPALITY MUST HAVE ADOPTED IT under RSA 72:27-a. It is a local option, not a statewide entitlement.
- The amount matches the town's standard or optional RSA 72:28 credit, up to $750 a year.
- Towns are allowed a THREE-YEAR PHASE-IN, so a town that has just adopted it may pay less this year.
- You must NOT be eligible for or receiving the RSA 72:28 wartime credit or the RSA 72:35 disabled credit — the credits do not stack.
Who is entitled to it
- You serve or served in the U.S. armed forces.
- Your discharge meets the test.
- You have 90 or more days of active service.
- This is the home you own and live in.
- New Hampshire municipalities.
Not sure whether that describes you?
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How to claim it
Deadline: By your town's filing deadline- 1Ask your town assessing office whether the town has adopted RSA 72:28-b. That is the first question, before anything about your service.
- 2If the town has not adopted it, ask how it gets on the warrant — this is voted at town meeting.
- 3Check whether you already qualify for the wartime credit under RSA 72:28. You cannot have both, and the wartime credit may be larger.
- 4Guard and reserve members: count qualifying training toward the 90 days.
- 5If the town adopted it recently, ask where it is in the three-year phase-in.
- Form
- Application to your town assessing office
- File with
- Your town assessing office
- Documents you will need
- dd214
- Annual
- Claimed once a year.
Sources
- authority · statuteRSA 72:28-b — optional tax credit for combat service and all veterans
- operating · published policyNew Hampshire Department of Revenue Administration
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