Personal Property Information and Forms
2026 Personal Property Declarations
Online filers only (preferred method of filing):
To file your Declaration of Personal Property online, Click here
(You will need the online access code from your letter. For a blank declaration click the link above and enter the access code in the lower right hand corner.)
Step By Step Instructions For Filing Online(PDF, 1MB)
(The green boxes and arrows guide you through the screens.)
Slideshow presentation about the Personal Property Declaration(PPTX, 14MB)
The Connecticut Office of Policy and Management has prescribed the Personal Property Declaration form pursuant to C.G.S. § 12-41. OPM has directed municipal assessors that a taxpayer's failure to utilize the state-prescribed form is to be treated in the same manner as a failure to file. Accordingly, a declaration submitted on a form other than the OPM-prescribed form is treated as a failure to file and is subject to the applicable statutory penalty.
PDF forms for Personal Property:
2026 Long Form Personal Property Declaration(PDF, 635KB)
Form for Manufacturers - To be filed with Declaration:
2026 M-65 Manufacturing Machinery Equipment Claim Form(PDF, 135KB)
and Itemization Form(PDF, 124KB)
If you ONLY have Unregistered Motor Vehicles or Out of State Registered Vehicles,
you can now complete this simple form:
2026 Motor Vehicle Personal Property fillable pdf(PDF, 289KB)
Farm Exemption Applications:
Farm Building Exemption Application(PDF, 160KB) fillable pdf
Farm Machinery Exemption Application fillable pdf(PDF, 155KB)
If your business was closed or moved out of Manchester or was sold, please complete the front of your declaration or this form and submit with proof docs:
Affidavit of Business Closure or Move or Sale(PDF, 431KB)
Notice to File 2026 Annual Personal Property Assessment Declarations
(Posted September 18, 2026)
All persons or businesses who, as of October 1, 2026, are conducting any type of business in Manchester, CT, including home-based businesses and remote employees, farmers, owners of non-registered motor vehicle(s), and owners of Non-Connecticut registered motor vehicle(s) must complete and file a Personal Property Declaration with the Assessor’s Office no later than November 2, 2026 pursuant to C.G.S. § 12-41 & 12-43. Any person filing a late or incomplete form or who does not file will incur a 25% penalty. Any person who does not use the prescribed form will also incur a 25% penalty, per PA 26-114 Sec. 10.
Farming and manufacturing exemption applications are also due November 1st in order to receive your exemption. Failure to receive a form from the Assessor’s Office does not excuse taxpayer from the obligation to declare personal property by November 2, 2026.
If you still have questions, we recommend you email us at personalproperty@manchesterct.gov.
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Preguntas frecuentes sobre propiedad personal-Folleto(PDF, 113KB)
If you are looking for the personal property assessment that will be used for your July 2025 tax bill, click on the link above. Accounts are in alpha order based on the DBA. If no DBA, then the owner name is used.