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Representative urges end to annual filing for veteran property tax exemptions
Summary
Representative MacGregor asked the Joint Committee on Revenue to allow veterans to file once for property tax exemptions rather than renewing annually, arguing the requirement creates an unnecessary burden and causes eligible veterans to lose benefits.
Representative MacGregor told the Joint Committee on Revenue that H 3,175 would remove the current annual filing requirement for certain veteran property tax exemptions and instead allow veterans to file once for an exemption until their status changes.
"This annual requirement creates an unnecessary burden on these individuals who have served their country bravely, and it's allowing many of our veterans to fall through the cracks," Representative MacGregor said, describing the proposal as a small change that would reduce bureaucracy and ease pressure on assessors' offices.
She said surviving spouses already file once for exemptions under existing Massachusetts general law as precedent for the change. Committee members generally responded favorably during the hearing and observed the change would likely reduce administrative work for municipal assessors.
Discussion vs. outcome: Testimony was explanatory; no committee action was recorded. Representative MacGregor said she would answer follow‑up questions and requested the committee report the bill favorably.
