News and Announcements

For Division of Local Services

Visit the new Municipal Finance Snapshot Dashboard to explore municipal finance data in a new, easy-to-use way!

Our new Events Calendar lists events of interest to municipal officials

Bureau of Municipal Finance Law is pleased to present our annual “What’s New” in recent legislation and court decisions in a virtual format.

Pursuant to M.G.L. Chapter 59, Sections 38A and 39, Fiscal 2021 Telephone and Pipeline company valuations and new growth values have been released by the Commissioner of Revenue.

The Bureau of Local Assessment has completed the 2020 proposed Equalized Valuation (EQV) Program, representing the full and fair cash value of all taxable property for each municipality as of January 1, 2020.

Bureau of Local Assessment releases FY2019 assessed values and new growth for centrally valued telephone and pipelines companies.