U.S. military personnel deployed overseas on specified military operations may be entitled to an additional tax-saving exemption. These qualifying military operations are updated by the Florida Legislature annually, so the ones listed below may not be all encompassing as some operations may be added or removed in future years.

 The online application for the Deployed Military Exemption can be found in the Download Forms section of our website at web.bcpa.net.

To apply for this exemption, an applicant must provide U.S. military documentation which clearly shows the applicant’s dates of active duty military service deployed outside the United States during the immediate prior year in support of one of the designated military operations: Operation Noble Eagle, Operation Joint Task Force Bravo, Operation Joint Guardian, Operations in the Balkans, Operation Nomad Shadow, Operation U.S. Airstrikes Al Qaeda in Somalia, Operation Copper Dune, Operation Georgia Deployment Program, Operation Spartan Shield, Operation Observant Compass, Operation Inherent Resolve, Operation Atlantic Resolve, Operation Freedom’s Sentinel, Operation Resolute Support, Operation Juniper Shield, Operation Pacific Eagle, and Operation Martillo or in support of a subordinate operation to any of the preceding.

This exemption grants total exemption to an additional percentage of your assessed value, based upon the percent of the prior year you were deployed overseas in support of one of the specified military operations and requires the applicant to submit new supporting documentation each year.

Take care,

Marty Kiar, CFA

Broward County Property Appraiser