FOR COUNTY AUDITOR'S USE ONLY: Taxing district and parcel or registration number. Auditor's application number.This allows senior citizens (65 or older) as well as permanently and totally disabled homeowners to reduce their real estate taxes. The homestead exemption provides a reduction in property taxes to qualified senior or disabled citizens, or a surviving spouse. Homeowners should contact their county assessment office (position 48) for a copy of their county's homestead and farmstead application form. The application filing period is from January 1st through December 31st. The filing deadline for qualified applicants to receive consideration for a Homestead exemption for property taxes is March 1.