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Needham assessors consider adding valuation and tax details to abatement notices
Summary
At their March 13 meeting, the Town of Needham Board of Assessors discussed sending clearer information with abatement approval letters after a resident received a notice that lacked the new valuation and related figures needed to appeal to the Appellate Tax Board.
The Town of Needham Board of Assessors on March 13 discussed modifying the abatement approval notice after a taxpayer reported receiving a certificate saying their real-estate tax was reduced but not listing the new assessed value or the calculation needed to appeal to the Appellate Tax Board (ATB).
Board chair John Bowian said the letter should include the prior valuation, the new valuation and the corresponding tax amounts so recipients know what to protest within the 90-day ATB filing window. "I think reasonably what I think they should have with them is they should have it on the…
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