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Blackstone assessors roll out abatement packet, set January window and plan executive session on confidential exemptions

Board of Assessors, Town of Blackstone · December 18, 2024
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The Town of Blackstone Board of Assessors introduced a new abatement packet and confirmed the abatement filing window will open Jan. 1, 2025, with field cards and a spreadsheet of 2023 qualified sales to be published online; the board moved to enter executive session to consider confidential abatements and exemptions.

The Town of Blackstone Board of Assessors on Wednesday introduced a new abatement packet to guide residents through property tax appeals, confirmed the abatement filing window opens Jan. 1, 2025 and closes Feb. 3, 2025, and moved to enter executive session to consider confidential abatements and exemptions.

The packet, described to the board by Marcus of the assessor’s office, compiles instructions and examples intended to help taxpayers understand valuation dates, what evidence to submit, and how staff evaluates abatement requests. "We're introducing an abatement packet effectively. It's a set of papers that... offer explicit instructions on how, when, why, and what to submit with your abatement application to give us the best possibility…

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