Hope everyone is paying attention; on Beacon Hill, the state politicians are looking to make some moves with regards to alcohol sales and taxes. Increase taxes and use that money for more alcohol enforcement people - as in grow the government, which will cost more than the taxes collected, so New Hampshire, here I come.
Happy New Year!
https://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2017/12/27/mass-alcohol-laws-need-massive-rewrite-task-force-concludes/0bsGyUegwXjF991pu7UVpK/story.html
ReplyDeleteWill we start seeing moonshiners start popping up in the berkshires..........lol. Package store within 20 miles of NH will feel the hit............
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ReplyDeletePrepayment of Local Property Taxes
The Department of Revenue has received inquiries from many taxpayers about prepaying their local property taxes. In response, it has posted a notice on its website advising taxpayers of state law in that regard and to contact local officials for further information. You may find it helpful to point individuals with questions to this link.
Below you will find guidance on the procedures that apply to prepayments of property taxes under G.L. c. 60, § 19, that is those payments made before the assessors’ tax commitment to the collector.
Guidelines
The assessors may authorize the collector to accept prepayments by means of a special warrant, State Tax Form 64B, the language for which is found here. The collector cannot accept payments otherwise.
Where a number of taxpayers want to make prepayments, assessors may use a single warrant for each day prepayment requests are made. Each warrant would show the total amount of taxes for those seeking to make prepayments that day and be accompanied by a list including the names of the taxpayers, the amount of each tax payment and an identification of the real estate parcel or personal property account to which the payment relates.
If the assessors issue a special warrant, the collector must accept the prepayment for application to the parcel of real estate or personal property account identified in the list.
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I have always paid ahead on my taxes. Not the entire amount but enough so that the May quarterly payment is less than the amount on my bill.
ReplyDeleteThe first two real-estate tax payments are estimates based off of the previous year's assessment. I pay my bill online and I can put in any figure I want to pay.
Paying my taxes this way is easier for me, and I thought would be beneficial for the town as the town would have more money coming in.