Homestead Property Tax Refund (Form K-40H)
A refund of part of the general property tax you paid on your home, up to $700. The percentage depends on your household income.
For people with disabilities: For the 2025 claim: Kansas resident all of 2025, owned and lived in a Kansas home in 2025, home appraised at no more than $350,000, household income of $43,389 or less, AND one of: 55 or older all year (born before January 1, 1970); blind or totally and permanently disabled all year; a dependent child under 18 who lived with you all year; a disabled veteran (as listed in 38 C.F.R. 3.7); or the unremarried surviving spouse of a service member who died on active duty or of a disabled veteran.
- Who qualifies
- For the 2025 claim: Kansas resident all of 2025, owned and lived in a Kansas home in 2025, home appraised at no more than $350,000, household income of $43,389 or less, AND one of: 55 or older all year (born before January 1, 1970); blind or totally and permanently disabled all year; a dependent child under 18 who lived with you all year; a disabled veteran (as listed in 38 C.F.R. 3.7); or the unremarried surviving spouse of a service member who died on active duty or of a disabled veteran.
- Income limit
- $43,389 household income for the 2025 claim (filed by April 15, 2026). KDOR had not yet posted the 2026-claim limit (for filing January 1-April 15, 2027) as of October 23, 2026.
- How to apply
- File Form K-40H with the Kansas Department of Revenue, free online through Kansas WebFile or on paper to Homestead Claim, PO Box 750260, Topeka, KS 66699-0260. You can check a box to have next year's refund advanced to the county treasurer to help pay your first-half taxes.
- Deadline
- January 1 to April 15 of the year after the tax year (the 2025 claim was due April 15, 2026; the 2026 claim is due April 15, 2027). Late claims may be accepted for good cause within four years.
- Renewal
- Every year.
- Law
- K.S.A. 79-4508 (Kansas Homestead Property Tax Refund Act, K.S.A. 79-4501 et seq.)
Source: official page