The Division of Local Services (DLS) of the Massachusetts Department of Revenue sends me emails with lots of data. I was especially interested to see our colleagues in pain on the attached chart of what towns pay for property taxes. Look at it on-line here
This lists the towns paying the ten highest and lowest property taxes – we must be just off the high list:
This was that same list from last year (which makes me wonder what sources of revenue Concord and Sudbury found to be able to lower their taxes):
Towns in Black don’t pay residential property taxes?
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No. My understanding was they have a residential tax exemption amount, that somehow means the DOR does not have accurate data on those towns. In Boston, for instance, I think a certain amount of the tax is removed, based on the residential exemption, if it is a principle residence.
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