·State program
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Credit
Wounded Warrior Caregivers Credit provides up to $675 in tax credit to caregivers of military service members with disabilities from service on or after September 11th, 2001.
What you get
Tax Credit, as recorded:
- 100% of the federal veteran disability compensation, or $675, whichever is less
Questions that decide eligibility
GiveCare prepares the questions; the program makes the decision. Bring these to the call or the application:
- 01
Does the person receiving care live in New Jersey?
Residency is usually the first thing a program checks.
- 02
Does your relationship to the person — spouse, parent, child, sibling, grandparent, or other relative — count for this program?
- 03
What counts as a qualifying disability or level of care need, and what documentation shows it?
- 04
Does the veteran’s service history and discharge status fit this program’s rules?
- 05
Does the VA disability rating meet the program’s minimum (our record lists null%)?
- 06
Do the work hours meet the minimum (our record lists null hours)?
- 07
Which tax year does this apply to, and what form claims it?
- 08
Does your employer already offer this, and have they told staff?
Some credits are claimed by the employer, not by you — asking is the move.
Who qualifies, in the source’s words
Where our record has a direct quote from the official source, here it is — otherwise, this is our best reading of the rule.
Disability of the person receiving care
“military service member who has a disability arising out of service in any war or conflict on or after September 11th, 2001”
nj.gov →Veteran status of the person receiving care
“military service member who has a disability arising out of service in any war or conflict on or after September 11th, 2001”
nj.gov →Minimum VA disability rating
Minimum VA disability rating: null%.
Work hours
Minimum work hours: null.
Relationship to the person receiving care
“- Spouse - Niece - Uncle - Grandparent - Child - Great-grandchild - Nephew”
nj.gov →
How to apply
- 01
Complete Schedule NJ-WWC to calculate the credit and enter the amount on Line 60; if not required to file a NJ Income Tax return, claim it via Form NJ-1040-HW
Documents to bring
- Schedule NJ-WWC
- Form NJ-1040-HW (if not required to file a NJ Income Tax return)