Exemptions

Forms are also available at the Assessor’s Office and at any Assessor’s Office in Massachusetts.

Tax Relief Available to Domiciled Wellfleet Residents:

 
$175.00/year to surviving spouses and persons 70+.  Asset limit $40,000 excluding domicile.  No income limit.Click Here

$400.00/year to veterans with a 10% service-connected disability or purple heart.  $1000 if 100% disabled.

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$500.00/year to persons who are legally blind

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$1000.00/year to persons age 65+.  Income limit: $20,000 single/$30,000 married.  Asset limit: $40,000 single/$55,000 married, excluding domicile. 

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Up to $1500.00/year to persons age 60+ through participation in the Tax Work-off Program.  Income limit:  $37,360 single/$48,855 married. 

Call the Senior Center at 508-349-0313 or -2800 for details.

A tax deferral program is available to persons age 65+ with incomes of $40,000 or less to defer all or part of their taxes, to be repaid at 8% interest upon death or sale of the home

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A tax deferral program is available to persons of any age whose financial hardship is temporary and extreme, for a limited time, to be paid back over 5 years

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An exemption is available, at the discretion of the Board of Assessors, to those whose financial hardship is due to age or infirmity 

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