Texas Supreme Court Finds Disabled Veteran Qualify for Property Tax Exemption

The Texas Supreme Court June 7 affirmed the lower court’s decision granting Taxpayer, a 100% disabled U.S. Air Force veteran, a property tax exemption under Texas Tax Code Section 11.131(b) for her residence homestead in Converse, Texas, even though her husband claimed a similar exemption for his separate residence. The court ruled that Taxpayer met the statutory requirements for the disabled veteran exemption as her home qualifies as her residence homestead under the statutory definition in Section 11.13(j)(1). The court rejected arguments attempting to limit the exemption availability based on prior case law, provisions in Section 11.13, or asserted public ...