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By COLIN A. YOUNG

BOSTON – Facing softening non-surtax revenue collections, spending demands inflated by pandemic-era initiatives and a mountain of uncertainty about the direction of key federal policies, state budget managers and economic analysts agreed Monday that...

By SAM DRYSDALE

A proposed tax on high-value real estate transactions to pay for affordable housing would add an estimated 3,210 affordable homes in Massachusetts over five years, according to the governor’s administration – a drop in the bucket of the state’s...

By MAX BOWEN

ATHOL — Following a March 1 legal notice, the town will proceed with placing 96 properties in tax title for unpaid taxes, according to Treasurer/Tax Collector Patrick McIntyre.The sizable number of properties in arrears account for the last two years,...

By MAX BOWEN

ATHOL — Residents are warned against giving out personal information when called about their next round of property tax bills.At the Tuesday, Nov. 7, Selectboard meeting, Principal Assessor Lisa Aldrich said that earlier that day she had spoken with a...

By GREG VINE

ATHOL – Although she didn’t support every detail in the legislation, state Sen. Jo Comerford believes that the $561 million tax relief package recently signed into law by Gov. Maura Healey will benefit the residents of North Quabbin.Comerford,...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Lawmakers have given no indication they are any closer to compromise on the tax relief they promised more than a year ago, and they continue to be buffeted by competing affordability crosswinds.Beacon Hill received another pair of pitches in...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Lawmakers intend to schedule this year’s mandatory sales tax holiday for the weekend of Aug. 12-13, Senate President Karen Spilka said Monday.With a Thursday deadline to set the dates approaching, Spilka told reporters the Legislature intends...

By Sam Drysdale

BOSTON — Gov. Maura Healey doubled down on her tax relief plan on Friday, insisting that a shortfall in state revenue that has plunged this year’s state budget into the red was predicted and accounted for in her fiscal 2024 budget.“We put together our...

By ALISON KUZNITZ

The Massachusetts Senate plans to unveil its fiscal 2024 budget proposal soon, but it remains unclear when the branch will tackle a tax reform package.The Senate will share an annual budget plan later this month, a spokesman for Senate Ways and Means...

By CHRIS LISINSKIi

Massachusetts representatives voted Monday to prevent new surtax revenues from counting toward an annual limit on the state’s tax collections, rejecting a Republican push to leave untouched the voter-approved tax cap law.Kicking off what will be...

By CHRIS LISINSKI

BOSTON — Attempting to restart a debate that skidded out last summer, the Healey administration on Monday rolled out an $859 million tax relief proposal that would offer new breaks to hundreds of thousands of Bay Staters while reforming the estate tax...

By GREG VINE

The three-dozen people who went to Petersham Town Hall on Jan. 18 were intent on getting an explanation for the significant increase to their property tax bills. Property owners saw increases ranging from 17 to 35% over last year’s tax obligation. The...