This Informational Guideline Release (IGR) provides boards of assessors and other city and town officials with information on entering into intermunicipal agreements to share assessing functions through common boards and administrative staff.
This Informational Guideline Release explains procedures for auditing personal property tax returns (also referred to as “true lists” or “forms of lists”) for the purpose of verifying that a complete and accurate accounting of personal property subject to tax has been made. Procedures for making omitted and revised assessments resulting from audits are also explained.
This Informational Guideline Release (IGR) explains the semi-annual tax billing and payment system with annual preliminary bills being issued by July 1 and establishes tax bill requirements under that system.
This Informational Guideline Release (IGR) explains the semi-annual tax billing and payment system with optional preliminary bills issued in the fall and establishes tax bill requirements under that system.
This Informational Guideline Release (IGR) explains the regular semi-annual payment system and schedule and establishes tax bill requirements under that system.
This Informational Guideline Release (IGR) explains the procedures for the quarterly tax billing and payment system and establishes tax bill requirements under that system.
This Informational Guideline Release (IGR) announces that FY2023 deductions from gross receipts for Clause 41s senior personal exemption increased by 5.9% over FY2022.
This Informational Guideline Release (IGR) announces that for FY2023, 7.0% is the (1) maximum local option cost-of-living-adjustment (COLA) increase in Cl. 17 (surviving spouse/minor & elderly) exemption amount; (2) optional COLA applied to increased asset limit of Cl. 17s exemptions; (3) optional COLA applied to increase income & asset limits of Cl. 41s senior exemptions
This Informational Guideline Release (IGR) announces that for calendar year 2022, there is a 7.0% increase in maximum valuation for parcels qualifying for land of low value foreclosure procedure to a new maximum of $24,804.
This Informational Guideline Release (IGR) informs city, town and district treasurers and other officials about borrowing purposes and debt issuance procedures, including changes made by the Municipal Modernization Act and by An Act Relative to Immediate COVID-19 Recovery Needs.
