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Board of Assessors says FY26 tax bills used wrong CPA rate; corrections underway
Summary
A Jan. 5 letter from the Board of Assessors notified the council that FY26 tax bills were generated with a 1.5% CPA assessment rate instead of the 1% approved by voters; the assessor's office and tax collector are recalculating bills and expect corrections to appear on fourth-quarter statements mailed in April.
The Holyoke Board of Assessors notified the city council on Jan. 6 that fiscal-year 2026 tax bills were generated with an incorrect Community Preservation Act (CPA) assessment rate.
The assessors’ communication (dated Jan. 5, 2026) said staff discovered on Jan. 2 that a 1.5% rate had been used in the billing vendor’s system; the correct rate, set by a ballot initiative approved last November, is 1.0 percent. The assessor’s office said the…
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