63-704. AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX OR OCCUPANCY TAX REDUCTION. (1) Each claimant qualifying for and applying for a reduction in property taxes or occupancy taxes under the provisions of sections 63-701 through 63-710, Idaho Code, shall be allowed a reduction in taxes on his homestead for the current year only, in the amounts provided by subsection (4) of this section.
(2) All property taxes and occupancy taxes continue to be the responsibility of the individual taxpayer, and all taxes continue to be perpetual liens against the property against which assessed. All taxes may be collected and enforced in the usual manner, if the taxpayer does not receive any tax reduction as provided under sections 63-701 through 63-710, Idaho Code, or if the taxpayer receives less tax reduction than the whole amount of property taxes or occupancy taxes he is charged with.
(3) The claimant property owner’s tax reduction shall be based upon the current year’s assessed value and the current year’s levy.
(4) Property tax and occupancy tax reductions qualified under sections 63-701 through 63-710, Idaho Code, shall be allowed as set out in section 2, chapter 59, laws of 1992, and adjusted for cost-of-living fluctuations as provided in section 63-705, Idaho Code.
(5) A claimant who is a veteran with a service-connected disability of one hundred percent (100%) or a disability rating based on individual unemployability rating that is compensated at the one hundred percent (100%) disability rate, as certified by the United States department of veterans affairs, shall also be eligible for a special property tax or occupancy tax reduction, as provided in section 63-705A, Idaho Code.
History:
[63-704, added 1996, ch. 98, sec. 8, p. 365; am. 1997, ch. 117, sec. 26, p. 326; am. 2001, ch. 69, sec. 5, p. 137; am. 2018, ch. 183, sec. 1, p. 401; am. 2019, ch. 31, sec. 4, p. 89; am. 2020, ch. 246, sec. 1, p. 719.]
Structure Idaho Code
Title 63 - REVENUE AND TAXATION
Chapter 7 - PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
Section 63-702 - REDUCTION IN PROPERTY TAXES OR OCCUPANCY TAXES — CLAIM IS PERSONAL — EXCEPTIONS.
Section 63-703 - PROCEDURE FOR FILING CLAIMS.
Section 63-704 - AMOUNT OF PROPERTY TAX OR OCCUPANCY TAX REDUCTION.
Section 63-705A - SPECIAL PROPERTY TAX OR OCCUPANCY TAX REDUCTION FOR DISABLED VETERANS.
Section 63-706 - TIME REQUIREMENTS FOR FILING CLAIM.
Section 63-707 - PROCEDURE AFTER CLAIM APPROVAL.
Section 63-708 - RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUS CLAIMS.
Section 63-709 - REIMBURSEMENT BY STATE TAX COMMISSION.
Section 63-710 - PROCEDURE AFTER REIMBURSEMENT.
Section 63-711 - CANCELLATION OF TAXES — HARDSHIP AND CASUALTY LOSSES — SPECIAL.
Section 63-714 - APPLICATION — DEFERRAL OF PROPERTY TAX.
Section 63-715 - PROCEDURES — APPEALS.
Section 63-716 - DEFERRAL — INTEREST — LIEN — PRIORITY.
Section 63-717 - REIMBURSEMENT BY STATE TAX COMMISSION.
Section 63-718 - EVENTS TERMINATING DEFERRAL — PAYMENT OF DEFERRED TAX AND INTEREST.
Section 63-719 - TAX DEED FOR DEFICIENCY IN REPAYMENT.
Section 63-720 - RECOVERY OF ERRONEOUS AND OTHER IMPROPER DEFERRALS.
Section 63-721 - KNOWINGLY FILING A FALSE CLAIM A MISDEMEANOR.