Kansas property tax exemptions for seniors (2026)

Property Tax Relief for Low Income Seniors - SAFESR (Form K-40PT): For the 2025 claim: 65 or older all of 2025 (born before January 1, 1960), Kansas resident all year, owned and lived in a Kansas home in 2025, home appraised at no more than $350,000, no delinquent property tax, and first-half taxes paid on time. Social Security counts as income, but Social Security, SSI, railroad and VA disability payments do not. Property Tax Relief for Seniors and Disabled Veterans (Form K-40SVR): Kansas resident all year who owned and lived in the home, home appraised at no more than $350,000 in the base year, and 65 or older for the entire base year, or a disabled veteran for the entire base year, or the surviving spouse of someone receiving the K-40SVR refund (until the spouse remarries). The base year is the year before you first qualify (no earlier than 2021). Homestead Property Tax Refund (Form K-40H): 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.

Property Tax Relief for Low Income Seniors - SAFESR (Form K-40PT): $25,380 household income for the 2025 claim; 2026-claim limit not yet posted by KDOR. Property Tax Relief for Seniors and Disabled Veterans (Form K-40SVR): $58,041 household income (Kansas adjusted gross income of the household) for 2025. The statutory $50,000 limit is raised each year by the federal cost-of-living adjustment; KDOR had not posted the 2026 figure as of October 23, 2026. Homestead Property Tax Refund (Form K-40H): $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.

Property Tax Relief for Low Income Seniors - SAFESR (Form K-40PT): January 1 to April 15 of the following year (April 15, 2027 for 2026 taxes). Property Tax Relief for Seniors and Disabled Veterans (Form K-40SVR): January 1 to April 15 of the following year. Homestead Property Tax Refund (Form K-40H): 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.

Property Tax Relief for Low Income Seniors - SAFESR (Form K-40PT): Every year. You can receive only one of the three refunds (K-40H, K-40PT, K-40SVR) a year; WebFile picks the largest. Property Tax Relief for Seniors and Disabled Veterans (Form K-40SVR): Every year. Homestead Property Tax Refund (Form K-40H): Every year.

Kansas has no homestead exemption that you apply for at the county. Instead, property tax relief for homeowners comes mostly as refunds you claim each year from the Kansas Department of Revenue (Homestead, SAFESR and Senior/Disabled Veteran refunds). The county appraiser values the home and the county treasurer bills the tax. For the Property Tax Relief for Low Income Seniors - SAFESR (Form K-40PT): File Form K-40PT with the Department of Revenue (WebFile or paper).

Property Tax Relief for Low Income Seniors - SAFESR (Form K-40PT): You can receive only one of the three refunds (K-40H, K-40PT, K-40SVR) a year; WebFile picks the largest.