Who qualifies for the Homestead Refund (Form K-40H) in Kansas?

You were a Kansas resident all of 2025, owned and occupied your Kansas home in 2025, had household income of $43,389 or less, and your home is worth no more than $350,000. You also must meet one of these: 55 all year, blind or totally and permanently disabled all year, had a child under 18 living with you all year, are a disabled veteran, or are the surviving spouse of a service member who died in the line of duty or of a disabled veteran. A surviving spouse loses eligibility on remarriage. A refund of a percentage of the general property tax you paid, up to $700. You can claim only one of K-40H, K-40PT and K-40SVR. Deadline: Before April 15, 2026 for the 2025 claim year.

Who qualifies for the SAFESR (Form K-40PT) in Kansas?

You were 65 for all of 2025 and a Kansas resident all of 2025, owned and occupied your home, had household income of $25,380 or less, and your home is worth no more than $350,000. A refund of 75% of the property taxes you actually paid on time on your main home. Deadline: Before April 15, 2026 for the 2025 claim year.

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Kansas property tax, line by line.

Your county treasurer sends one property tax statement a year. It shows tax on your home's assessed value from the county, city, school district and other local units, and special assessments can appear on the same statement.

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At a glance

Who sends the bill: The county treasurer.
When it comes: Early to mid December. One state page says December 1 and another says December 15.
When it's due: The full tax or the first half is due December 20. The second half is due May 10 of the next year. For tax year 2026, that is December 20, 2026 and May 10, 2027.
If you pay late: For 2026, interest on late real property tax is 13%. If you miss the first half on December 20, the full amount is due right away.
Value is set as of: January 1
Limits on increases: There is no general cap on how fast your home's appraised value can rise.

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3 programs homeowners can claim

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Homestead Refund (Form K-40H)

Who: You were a Kansas resident all of 2025, owned and occupied your Kansas home in 2025, had household income of $43,389 or less, and your home is worth no more than $350,000. You also must meet one of these: 55 all year, blind or totally and permanently disabled all year, had a child under 18 living with you all year, are a disabled veteran, or are the surviving spouse of a service member who died in the line of duty or of a disabled veteran. A surviving spouse loses eligibility on remarriage.
What you get: A refund of a percentage of the general property tax you paid, up to $700. You can claim only one of K-40H, K-40PT and K-40SVR.
How to apply: File Form K-40H on paper, with third-party software, or with KDOR WebFile after your first year.
Deadline: Before April 15, 2026 for the 2025 claim year.
After that: File every year.

K-40H: the form

SAFESR (Form K-40PT)

Who: You were 65 for all of 2025 and a Kansas resident all of 2025, owned and occupied your home, had household income of $25,380 or less, and your home is worth no more than $350,000.
What you get: A refund of 75% of the property taxes you actually paid on time on your main home.
How to apply: File Form K-40PT.
Deadline: Before April 15, 2026 for the 2025 claim year.
After that: File every year.

K-40PT: the form

Property Tax Relief for Seniors and Disabled Veterans (Form K-40SVR)

Who: You were a Kansas resident all of 2025, owned and occupied your home, had household income of $58,041 or less, and your base-year home value is no more than $350,000. You must have been 65 for the whole base year, or a disabled veteran for the whole base year, or the surviving spouse of someone who was getting this refund when they died. The base year is 2021 or later.
What you get: A refund of the increase in your homestead property tax over the base year. In your first eligible year the refund can be zero. No dollar cap was stated.
How to apply: File Form K-40SVR. KDOR's free software picks the largest of the three refunds for you.
Deadline: For the 2026 claim year, file January 1, 2027 through April 15, 2027. Income limits for that year were not posted.
After that: File every year.

K-40SVR: the form

In some situations

If you moved, inherited, built or had a disaster

Residential exemption from the statewide school levy

Who: Property used as a home. There is no age, income, disability or veteran test.
What you get: $75,000 of your home's appraised value is exempt from the statewide school levy for tax year 2026 and later. It does not reduce county, city or other local levies.
How to apply: Nothing to file. It is applied automatically when your property is classified as residential.
After that: Automatic while the property is classified residential.

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Think your value is too high?

Asking for a lower appraised value

Free review: Meet with your county appraiser within 30 days after the county mails your spring notice of value. It is free.
Formal appeal: For a single-family home, the Board of Tax Appeals Small Claims Division, then the full Board of Tax Appeals. The other path is paying under protest.
Deadline: The informal appeal is due within 30 days of the notice mailing. The appraiser's final decision comes in May, and the Board of Tax Appeals filing follows. To pay under protest, file with the treasurer when you pay, and no later than December 20 if you paid before then. If an escrow agent paid before December 20, the protest deadline is January 31. You can't use both paths for the same property and tax year.
Good to know: The state pages do not say the value can't go up, so assume a review could raise it as well as lower it. Choose one path per property and year.

A formal appeal reopens your whole value: the board can raise it as well as lower it. Bring recent sales of similar homes.

Source · We never charge for help asking for a lower value.

What can't come off

Charges you can't remove

County, city and school-district local levies on the first $75,000 of appraised value.
Special assessments on your statement.
A second homestead refund in the same year. You can claim only one of the three.
Refunds if your home is valued over $350,000.

Special assessments are billed by the county treasurer on the same statement. The $75,000 school levy exemption does not remove them. The state page does not say whether they count toward the refund programs.

Watch out. The refunds are based on general property tax you paid on time, so pay your bill by the due dates. The constitutional homestead protects your home from forced sale but does not exempt it from tax.

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Rules checked October 28, 2026 against official Kansas sources. Rules change: check the deadline with your county before you rely on it. Not legal or tax advice.