What's New - Archive 2006

October 2006

• Bulletin 2006-15B  Local Tax Exemptions for Veterans (supersedes Bulletin 2006-14B)
  

September 2006

• City and Town for August & September  FOCUS: FY2007 Cherry Sheets
• Bulletin 2006-14B  Local Tax Exemptions for Veterans
  

August 2006

• IGR 06-101  Guidelines for the Application of School Building Assistance Grants
• Bulletin 2006-13B  Sewer Rate Relief Fund - FY2007
• Bulletin 2006-12B  Realistic Planning for Recertification and Tax Rate Setting
• Bulletin 2006-11B  Registration for Fall 2006 Course 101
  

July 2006

• City and Town  FOCUS: Other Post - Employment Benefits
• IGR 06-301  Payment Schedule for Cherry Sheet Programs
• Revised Proposed 2006 Equalization (EQV) Study - LA19 Reports 
• IGR 06-302  Fiscal Year 2007 Waivers to Education Reform Spending Requirements and Minimum Required Local Contributions
• Bulletin 2006-10B  Municipal Law Seminar
• Bulletin 2006-09B  New Growth - Wireless Telecommunications Carriers - FY06 & FY07

June 2006

• FY2007 Centrally Valued Utilities - Pipeline Companies
• Proposed 2006 Equalization (EQV) Study - LA19 Reports
  2006 Proposed EQV for each community, listing assessed values, equalized values and ratios by class, plus estimated growth.
  
  - Cover Letter 
  - LA19 Reports By Community 

May 2006

• City and Town  FOCUS: Public Library Funding
• Bulletin 2006-08B  Flood Damage Costs
• IGR 06-401  Fiscal Year 2007 Guidelines for Annual Assessment and Allocation of Tax Levy
• IGR 06-402  Fiscal Year 2007 Guidelines for Determining Annual Levy Limit Increase for Tax Base Growth
• Bulletin 2006-07B  Notification of Acceptance, MGL Chapter 32B, §18
• FY2007 Centrally Valued Utilities - Telephone & Telegraph Companies
• IGR 06-209  Appropriation Transfers

April 2006

• City and Town  FOCUS: How Was State Owned Land Valued for 2005?
• Election Reporting - Local Officials Directory An on-line reporting collaboration between the Division of Local Services and the Secretary of the Commonwealth's Election Division. Instructions for City/Town Clerks and Election Commission Staff  and Frequently Asked Questions.

March 2006

• IGR 06-202  Fiscal Year 2007 Tax Bills Semi-Annual Payment System
• IGR 06-203  Fiscal Year 2007 Tax Bills Semi-Annual Payment System - Optional Preliminary Bills
• IGR 06-204  Fiscal Year 2007 Tax Bills Semi-Annual Payment System - Annual Preliminary Bills
• IGR 06-205  Fiscal Year 2007 Tax Bills Quarterly Payment System
• IGR 06-206  Social Security Deduction for Fiscal Year 2007
• IGR 06-207  Optional Cost of Living Adjustment for Fiscal Year 2007 Exemptions
• IGR 06-208  2006 Adjustment in Land of Low Value Foreclosure Valuation Limit
• City and Town  FOCUS: The Evolution of the City or Town Charter
• Bulletin 2006-06B  New Officials Finance Forum
• Bulletin 2006-05B  Bureau of Accounts Annual Budget Bulletin

February 2006

• Bulletin 2006-04B  Summary of 2005 Municipal Finance Law Changes
• FY2007 - Farmland Valuation Advisory Commission Recommended Land Values and Farm Animal Excise
  • Cover Letter 
  • Chapter 61A Recommended Land Value 
  • Farm Animal Excise 
• Bulletin 2006-03B  Clause 41A Deferral Forms
• IGR 06-201  Property Tax Deferral for Seniors
• City and Town  FOCUS: Municipal Expenditures: Proper Public Purposes
• Bulletin 2006-02B  New Name for DLS Legal Bureau and Customer Services Procedures

January 2006

• Request for Authority to Abate Local Tax or Charge (to DOR)

  • Schedule 58.8 
• Bulletin 2006-01B  Course 101 Registration (Spring 2006) Course Outline 
• City and Town  FOCUS: An Analysis of the Treatment of Municipal Revenue
• Sales Report Submissions are requested for the 2006 Equalized Valuation Program by February 17, 2006
  • Request Letter 
  • Sales Report Submission Summary 
  • Property Sales Report Data Layout 
• Notification to Gas and Oil Pipeline Filers 
• On or before March 1, 2006, telephone and telegraph companies doing business in the Commonwealth are required to make a return (Form 5941) to the Commissioner of Revenue listing taxable machinery, poles, wires, underground conduits, wires and pipes located in each municipality as of January 1, 2006, pursuant to M.G.L. c. 59, §41.

Refer to both the Telephone and Telegraph Personal Property Return (Form 5941) and the Instructions Letter. If you have any questions, please contact Walter Sandoval Dusza at (617) 626-4087 or John Gillet at (617) 626-3605 or email at bladata@dor.state.ma.us

• FY2007 Telephone and Telegraph Return Instructions Letter for Form 5941 
• FY2007 Telephone and Telegraph Return of Personal Property (Form 5941)  file size 3MB