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Fall River City assessors approve reassessments, exemptions and multiple tax abatements
Summary
The Fall River City Board of Assessors unanimously approved reassessed real estate tax entries for specific parcels, reconsidered statutory exemptions and authorized multiple tax abatements and Appellate Tax Board-related abatements following an executive session on assessment matters.
The Fall River City Board of Assessors voted unanimously to approve a set of reassessed real estate tax entries, reconsider 25 statutory exemptions and to grant multiple tax abatements after an executive session on assessment and tax appeal matters.
The actions, taken during a regularly scheduled assessors meeting, included approval of reassessed taxes for identified parcels “pursuant to Mass. General Laws chapter 59, sections 77 and 78” and a referenced Land Court judgment; reconsideration of statutory exemptions; and approval of abatements tied to Appellate Tax Board (ATB) cases. The board went into executive session to discuss abatements and exemptions under chapter 30A and chapter 59, citing that public discussion would be detrimental to the city's legal position.
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