January 1 is the date when most third quarter tax bills are mailed in Massachusetts; therefore, under M.G.L. Chapter 59, the majority of abatement applications must be filed with local assessors’ offices on or before...more
A large number of Connecticut municipalities are conducting revaluations as of October 1, 2023.
A notice containing the proposed new assessment of your property will be mailed before the end of this year. ...more
10/19/2023
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A recent decision by the Appeals Court of Massachusetts* about the entitlement of two nonprofit corporations which rent apartments at below- market rates to low-income elderly individuals and individuals with disabilities...more
5/24/2023
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Please note: This alert was originally published on 09/28/2022 and was updated on 11/17/2022.
A large number of Connecticut municipalities are conducting revaluations as of October 1, 2022. ...more
11/18/2022
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Connecticut municipalities are scheduled to conduct real property revaluations effective October 1, 2022. You may find the complete list of Connecticut municipalities conducting October 1, 2022 revaluations on the OPM website...more
In most cases, in order to bring a tax appeal to the Appellate Tax Board in Massachusetts, taxpayers must have paid each tax installment for the relevant Fiscal Year in full, by the due date, and without incurring interest....more
Municipalities in Massachusetts are permitted to value and assess real estate parcels on an annual basis. While annual adjustments typically are nominal and reflective of slight variations in the market when there have been...more
Forty Connecticut municipalities are scheduled to conduct real property revaluations effective October 1, 2021. The following is a partial list of some larger municipalities undergoing a revaluation this year, which are home...more
9/27/2021
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Forty Connecticut municipalities are scheduled to conduct real property revaluations effective October 1, 2021. A list of the larger revaluing municipalities appears at the end of this alert. A revaluation notice containing...more
The deadline to appeal Fiscal Year 2021 assessments to municipal Boards of Assessors in Massachusetts depends on whether your property is located in a municipality that collects taxes two or four times per year. ...more
Thirty-four Connecticut municipalities are scheduled to conduct real property revaluations effective October 1, 2020. In response to COVID-19, Governor Lamont issued Executive Order 7S earlier this year which...more
The deadline to appeal Fiscal Year 2020 assessments to municipal Boards of Assessors in Massachusetts is February 1, 2020, which is a Saturday. As such, you must file/mail the application for abatement, which is the first...more
Fourteen Connecticut municipalities are conducting real property revaluations effective October 1, 2019.
A revaluation notice containing the proposed new assessment of your property will be mailed in the latter part of...more
Approximately 20% of Connecticut’s 169 municipalities usually conduct general revaluations every five years as required by law. Due to a quirk in the schedule, 2019 revaluations will be conducted by only 14 communities. While...more
8/13/2019
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Tidbit on NNN lease property valuation -
A sort of a humdrum ruling on the assessment appeal of a garden variety industrial building nevertheless offers a valuable insight as to proper use of the income valuation...more
6/7/2019
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In an ad valorem appeal of the value of an office/retail building and its associated parking lot in Springfield, the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board (ATB) addressed the property owner’s contention that a proposal to...more
3/15/2019
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U.S. Supreme Court Internet Sales Tax Decision and Property Values -
Your editors do not need to belabor the point that brick and mortar retail occupancies, rents and values have been pounded as a result of internet...more
10/26/2018
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October 10, 2018 Approximately a quarter of Connecticut municipalities plan to conduct revaluations effective October 1, 2018....more
Showdown at the BAA corral?
Consider this scenario: a property owner shows up at his appointed time and day to challenge his assessment before a public meeting of the Nutmeg Board of Assessment Appeals. ...more
Hartford Bankruptcy Threat Postponed -
The immediate possibility of Connecticut’s capital city filing a bankruptcy petition has been mitigated as a result of the newly adopted Connecticut budget. ...more
Property Assessment Class Action Fails -
On previous occasions, the editors of Property Tax and Valuations Topics have noted that Connecticut courts tend to be rather strict in requiring property owners to pursue statutory...more
11/15/2017
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Approximately 20 percent of Connecticut municipalities plan to conduct revaluations effective October 1, 2017.
For those with commercial real property located in a revaluing community, you should know that a representative...more
Momentous LIHTC Decision Does Not Materialize -
In the Winter 2017 issue of Property Tax and Valuation Topics, we projected that the Connecticut Supreme Court’s anticipated ruling in Nutmeg Housing Development...more
On August 9, 2016, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed The Municipal Modernization Act – An Act to Modernize Municipal Finance and Government – H. 4565, which was effective as of November 7, 2016, unless otherwise...more
On September 30, 2016, the Connecticut Supreme Court heard oral argument in Nutmeg Housing Development Corp. v. Colchester. On the face of it, the ad valorem valuation of a garden variety property in the suburbanizing Town...more
1/20/2017
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