Veteran taxes by state
Wisconsin veteran taxes
How Wisconsin treats military retired pay and Survivor Benefit Plan annuities in its income tax, and its property tax and vehicle registration relief for disabled veterans — from the state’s own pages.
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- Military retired pay
- Exempttax year 2025
- SBP annuities
- Exempt
- Property tax
- Exemption or credit
- Vehicle registration
- No fee waiver found
Military retired pay in Wisconsin
Exempttax year 2025Sources 1, 2, 3
Wisconsin exempts all retirement payments received from the U.S. military retirement system from income tax (Wis. Stat. § 71.05(1)(am)), with no age, cap or income test; retirement pay for Coast Guard, NOAA Corps and Public Health Service Commissioned Corps service is exempt too (§ 71.05(1)(an)). The payments are subtracted on Schedule SB, line 12 (Form 1) or Schedule M, line 46 (Form 1NPR).
Survivor Benefit Plan annuities
ExemptSources 1, 2
The Department of Revenue states that military retirement payments, including payments from the Survivor Benefit Plan and the Retired Serviceman’s Family Protection Plan, are exempt from Wisconsin income tax.
Property tax relief for disabled veterans
Exemption or creditSources 4, 2
Wisconsin’s Veterans and Surviving Spouses Property Tax Credit (Wis. Stat. § 71.07(6e)) is a refundable income tax credit equal to the property taxes paid during the year on the principal dwelling in Wisconsin of a veteran with a 100 percent service-connected disability rating, or a 100 percent rating based on individual unemployability, certified by the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs. The veteran must have served on active duty under honorable conditions and have entered service as a Wisconsin resident or lived in Wisconsin for any 5 consecutive years after entering service.
- The credit covers the dwelling and up to one acre of land, excludes special assessments, delinquent interest and charges for service, and is claimed on Form 1 (line 34) or Form 1NPR (line 64); nonresidents are not eligible.
- No credit is allowed if the claimant or the claimant’s spouse files a claim for the same year under Wis. Stat. § 71.07(9) or subchapter VIII or IX of chapter 71.
Surviving spouse
An unremarried surviving spouse certified by the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs qualifies if the veteran (with the residency link above) died on active duty, died in the line of duty on Guard or reserve training, was rated 100 percent service-connected or 100 percent for individual unemployability and a Wisconsin resident at death, or the spouse receives dependency and indemnity compensation (Wis. Stat. § 71.07(6e)(a)2.).
Vehicle registration for disabled veterans
No fee waiver foundSources 5, 6
Wisconsin’s vehicle registration law (Wis. Stat. ch. 341) gives disabled veterans no registration fee exemption or discount: the Disabled Veteran parking license plate, for a veteran with a permanent disability incurred in active military service that limits or impairs the ability to walk, is issued with no charge in addition to the regular registration fee (§ 341.14(1)).
- A former prisoner of war who keeps one registration under § 341.14(6) pays no fee for the registration or the plates; a Congressional Medal of Honor recipient’s plates are issued without charge (§ 341.14(5)).
- At the veteran’s death the Disabled Veteran parking plates must be replaced with regular plates unless the surviving spouse or heir has their own disabled veteran certification; credit is given to the surviving spouse for remaining months of registration.
Sources
Each source was read on October 28, 2026 on the state’s own site, the normal way. The numbers in the sections above point here.