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Belmont Officials, Residents Ask Legislature to Close 61(b) Country‑club Tax Break
Summary
Belmont residents and town leaders urged the committee to exempt privately owned golf courses from Chapter 61(b) preferential tax treatment after town meeting petitioned state lawmakers to remove the country‑club tax break to raise municipal revenue for schools and public services.
BOSTON — Residents and officials from Belmont described to the Joint Committee on Revenue how a single privately owned golf course in their 4.7‑square‑mile town receives a substantial property tax reduction under Chapter 61(b), and urged lawmakers to approve a local option to remove that break so the town can increase revenue for schools, public safety and public works.
Max Police, a Belmont resident who led the citizen petition, explained that Chapter 61(b) was originally created in the…
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