Kansas property tax exemptions for surviving spouses (2026)

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 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). Disabled veteran eligibility for the Homestead and SVR refunds: Kansas resident veteran with a service-connected disability rating of 50% or more (38 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. or 10 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.), meeting the income and home value limits above. Surviving spouses of deceased disabled veterans stay eligible until they remarry.

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 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. Disabled veteran eligibility for the Homestead and SVR refunds: $43,389 (K-40H) or $58,041 (K-40SVR) household income for 2025; 2026 limits not yet posted.

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 Seniors and Disabled Veterans (Form K-40SVR): January 1 to April 15 of the following year. Disabled veteran eligibility for the Homestead and SVR refunds: January 1 to April 15 of the following year.

Homestead Property Tax Refund (Form K-40H): Every year. Property Tax Relief for Seniors and Disabled Veterans (Form K-40SVR): Every year. Disabled veteran eligibility for the Homestead and SVR refunds: 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 Homestead Property Tax Refund (Form K-40H): 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.