What's New - Archive 2011

October 2011

• Bulletin 2011-15B  Additional State Aid Affecting FY12 Municipal Budgets

September 2011

• Bulletin 2011-14B  - Course 101-Training Program for Assessors
• Bulletin 2011-13B  - Sewer Rate Relief Fund - FY2012

August 2011

• Bulletin 2011-12B  - Hurricane Damage, Financing Emergency Expenses
• Bulletin 2011-11B  - Municipal Law Seminar
• Bulletin 2011-10B  - Exemption Applications

July 2011

• IGR 11-302  Fiscal Year 2012 Waivers to Education Reform Spending Requirements and Minimum Required Local Contributions
• IGR 11-301  FY2012 Payment Schedule for Cherry Sheet Programs
• Bulletin 2011-09B  - Tornado Damage (Supercedes Bulletin 2011-07B)

June 2011

• Bulletin 2011-08B  - GASB 54 Fund Balance Account Crosswalk - (Revised 6/27/2011)
• FY2012 Pipeline Company Central Valuations pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 59, Section 38A and New Growth:
  • FY2012 Memorandum to Board of Assessors 
  • FY2012 Centrally Valued Pipeline Company Values 
  • FY2012 Pipeline New Growth 
  • FY2012 Centrally Valued Pipeline Company Billing Addresses 
• Bulletin 2011-07B  - Tornado Damage (Superseded by Bulletin 2011-09B)
• Municipal Bulletin 37 Order Form 
• IGR 11-101  Overlay and Overlay Surplus
• Regionalization Conference

May 2011

• FY2012 Memorandum to Board of Assessors  - This memo describes the Certified Telephone & Telegraph Valuations for Fiscal Year 2012
  • FY2012 Centrally Valued Telephone and Telegraph Company Certified Values 
    The Commissioner of Revenue has determined and certified the full and fair cash valuation as of January 1, 2011, for fiscal year 2012, of the machinery, poles, wires and underground conduits, wires and pipes of the centrally valued telephone and telegraph companies. (G. L. c. 59 §39.) The property owner or the board of assessors has the right to appeal the valuations to the Appellate Tax Board on or before June 15, 2011.
  • FY2012 New Growth  The new growth value for centrally valued telephone and telegraph companies.
  • FY2012 Centrally Valued Telephone & Telegraph Company Addresses  This is a list of the billing addresses for centrally valued telephone and telegraph companies.
  • Fiscal Year 2012 Multiplier Tables Used for Telephone Company Values 
• Additional Landline Telephone & Telegraph Data Fiscal Year 2012 - FCC Categories Memorandum 
• FY2012 Additional Landline Telephone & Telegraph Data Pivot Table  file size 1MB

April 2011

• Bulletin 2011-06B  - New Officials Finance Forum
• Bulletin 2011-05B  - Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (ERRP)

March 2011

• Bulletin 2011-04B  - Summary of 2010 Municipal Finance Law Changes
• Bulletin 2011-03B  - FY2012 Budget Issues and Procedures
• Bulletin 2011-02B  - Local Option Personal Exemptions
• Community Preservation Act (CPA) Decile Report 

February 2011

• IGR 11-205  Social Security Deduction for Fiscal Year 2012
• IGR 11-206  Optional Cost of Living Adjustment for Fiscal Year 2012 Exemptions
• IGR 11-207  Calendar Year 2011 Adjustment in Land of Low Value Foreclosure Valuation Limit
• IGR 11-208  Clause 41C½ Property Tax Exemption For Seniors
• IGR 11-209  Temporary Financial Hardship Property Tax Deferral
• IGR 11-201  Fiscal Year 2012 Tax Bills Semi-Annual Payment System
• IGR 11-202  Fiscal Year 2012 Tax Bills Semi-Annual Payment System - Optional Preliminary Bills
• IGR 11-203  Fiscal Year 2012 Tax Bills Semi-Annual Payment System - Annual Preliminary Bills
• IGR 11-204  Fiscal Year 2012 Tax Bills Quarterly Payment System
• Bulletin 2011-01B  - Course 101 - Training Program for Assessors
• Final 2010 Equalization (EQV) Study - LA19 Reports
  2010 Final EQV for each community, listing assessed values, equalized values and ratios by class, plus estimated growth and Chapter 121A values. County tax is being provided for your convenience.
  
  • Cover Letter 
  • LA19 EQV Reports By Community 
  • Summary - Total EQV and Ratios, all communities 
  • County Tax 

January 2011

• Updated Taxpayer's Guide to Local Property Tax Exemptions, Religious and Charitable Organizations Clauses 3, 10, 11 
• FY2012 - Farmland Valuation Advisory Commission Recommended Land Values and Farm Animal Excise
  • Cover Letter 
  • Chapter 61A Recommended Land Values 
  • Farm Animal Excise 
• FY2012 Telephone and Telegraph Return:
  • Instructions Letter for Form 5941
  • Form 5941  file size 3MB * Please note that the multiplier table will no longer be updated on the posted 5941 Form, also there is an additional requirement of a second Appendix .
  • Finders List - Archaic Community, District, Neighborhood, Section and Village, Names in Massachusetts (to match a name of a village, section or neighborhood to the official list of names of the 351 Massachusetts communities)