2012 City and Town Publications

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2012

JANUARY	FEBRUARY	MARCH
Goodbye 2011, Hello 2012	Thank You, Robert T. Martin	Solar and Wind Generate Taxing Questions
That's Nobody's Business: Sham Corporation Denied Personal Property Exemption	Appellate Tax Board Rules Closed Church Taxable	Community Innovation Challenge Grant Awardees Announced Tomorrow

APRIL	MAY	JUNE
Cities and Towns Have Collected Nearly $500 million in Local Option Meal and Room Taxes Since FY10	Announcing a New Databank Resource	New Officials and a New Partner
Sign up for NOFF, FY2013 HWM Local Aid Estimates	Senate Ways and Means Budget Local Aid Estimates	Save the Date! 2012 Regionalization Conference

JULY	AUGUST	SEPTEMBER
New Fiscal Year, New DLS Strategic Plan to Improve Efficiencies and Communication	DLS Strategic Plan Kicks Off with Four Workshops on Setting Tax Rates	A New City and Town
Governor Patrick Signs Changes to Community Preservation Act	Register for the 2012 Regionalization Conference Today	$4 Million in Funding for Community Innovation Challenge (CIC) Announced at Fourth Annual Regionalization Conference

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NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

Property Certification and Tax Rate Setting Season Underway