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Acton Select Board keeps tax rates mostly unchanged, rejects small-business and open-space exemptions
Summary
After an assessor presentation on valuation trends, the board voted not to adopt an open-space discount or a small-commercial exemption, set the residential factor at 1.0 (no split tax rate) and declined to implement a residential exemption for FY27.
The Acton Select Board on Oct. 20 reviewed assessor projections of property valuations and took four votes that maintain the town’s current approach to tax classification.
Principal Assessor CJ Carroll presented FY26/FY27 valuation changes — single-family values increased notably, condominiums rose, and commercial values rose modestly — and explained the mechanics and consequences of available classification…
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