Disabled veterans and widows of disabled veterans have an opportunity Saturday morning to apply for tax relief at one office — the Montgomery County Trustee's Office — from 9 a.m. to noon.

Residents within city limits would normally have to file their paperwork at the County Trustee's Office as well as the Clarksville Finance and Revenue Office. "Saturday would be the best way to streamline the process," County Trustee Brenda Radford said.

Eligible veterans and widows must have a VA rating of permanent and total service-connected disability.

"I do not think many of the disabled veteran widow(ers) know of this significant benefit and I hope ... many more disabled veteran widow(ers) will apply and qualify for their well-deserved property tax relief," Radford said in a prepared statement.

Widows also can qualify for tax relief if their spouse's death was service connected, combat related or if they received a total and permanent disability rating from being a prisoner of war, according to a media statement from the trustee's office.

For more information, contact the County Trustee's Office, 350 Pageant Lane, Suite 101B at 648-5717.

Nate Karlin can be reached by telephone at 245-0276 or by e-mail at natekarlin@theleafchronicle.com

Originally published November 2, 2007

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