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Property Tax Suspension - Iowa

A person may be eligible for suspension of property taxes when the person:

· Receives Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or

· Receives State Supplementary Assistance (SSA), or

· Lives in a health care facility and the Department is paying for part of the care.

Taxes may be suspended if the person owns or is purchasing real property. The person may be either the sole owner or a joint owner of the property. The property does not have to be homestead property. Tax suspension is automatic once the board of supervisors for the county in which the property is located receives verification that the person is eligible. Taxes on real property are suspended, without penalty, until the property is transferred to someone else.

Eligibility for tax suspension ends when eligibility for SSI or SSA or residence in a health facility ends. Taxes that were suspended while the person was on assistance do not become due until the property is sold or transferred.

DHS is responsible for providing verification to clients who may be eligible for property tax suspension. When a person is approved for Medicaid due to SSI eligibility, SSA eligibility, or Medicaid payment for care in a health care facility, the system automatically issues an NOD with the following statement:

"Because you receive SSI, State Supplementary Assistance or reside in a health care facility and the Department of Human Services is participating in paying for the care, you qualify for tax suspension of real estate property owned by you. This notice is verification of your eligibility. Take this notice to your county board of supervisors for property tax suspension."

This notice can serve as verification of eligibility for tax suspension.

Source: Iowa Dept of Human Services Employees’ Manual

Title 8 Medicaid

· Chapter A, Administration, Additional Benefits for Eligible Recipients, Property Tax Relief, Property Tax Suspension, pages 25 & 26.

Legal reference: Iowa Code Section 427.9 as amended by H.F. 645, 1997 Iowa Acts

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