Nevada veteran taxes

Military retired pay in Nevada

No income taxSource 1

Nevada has no individual income tax. The Department of Taxation states that the State of Nevada does not impose a state income tax on individuals, so military retired pay is not taxed by the state.

Survivor Benefit Plan annuities

No income taxSource 1

Nevada has no individual income tax, so Survivor Benefit Plan annuities are not taxed by the state.

Property tax relief for disabled veterans

Exemption or creditSources 2, 3

Nevada gives a bona fide resident who has incurred a permanent service-connected disability and was honorably discharged an exemption from property tax of the first $20,000 of assessed valuation for a 100% disability, $15,000 for 80 to 99% and $10,000 for 60 to 79% (NRS 361.091). These are statutory base amounts from July 2003, adjusted each fiscal year for inflation (Consumer Price Index, West Region); the Department of Taxation sets the current figures each year and county assessors publish them, and the veteran applies by affidavit with the county assessor, who mails a renewal form each year.

• The exemption is in assessed value and can be split between real property tax, personal property tax and the governmental services tax on vehicles, in one county only.
• A disabled veteran who takes this exemption cannot also take the general veterans’ exemption (NRS 361.090).

Vehicle registration for disabled veterans

Fee waiver or discountSources 4, 5, 6, 7

Nevada exempts an honorably discharged resident veteran with a permanent service-connected disability from the governmental services tax on vehicles on the first $20,000 of determined valuation for a 100% disability, $15,000 for 80 to 99% and $10,000 for 60 to 79% (statutory base amounts, adjusted each fiscal year for inflation; NRS 371.104). A surviving spouse keeps it after declaring that they were married to and living with the veteran for the 5 years before the veteran’s death, that the veteran was eligible at death, and that they have not remarried. The county assessor issues an exemption number that the veteran gives to the DMV at registration or renewal; the same veterans’ exemption can instead be applied to property taxes.

• Plate: Disabled Veteran (or Disabled Female Veteran, or Veteran Who Is Disabled) for a veteran who receives compensation for a qualifying service-connected disability (rated 100%, combined ratings of at least 100%, or a service-connected disability of any rating that is a permanent disability qualifying for a disability plate under NRS 482.384); at most two sets, on a private passenger vehicle, noncommercial truck or motor home (NRS 482.377, 482.0962).
• The DMV and NRS 482.377(5) state that vehicles with Disabled Veteran plates are exempt from parking fees charged by the State or local public bodies; no registration-fee waiver for the plates is stated.
• The veteran may transfer the vehicle tax exemption to a current spouse (NRS 371.104(2)).