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Town officials: DOR certifies tax rate; backlog of unrecorded debt exclusion from 2017 found

Harveston Select Board · December 30, 2025
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Town staff told the Harveston Select Board that the Department of Revenue certified the 2025 tax rate and that a 2017 debt-exclusion related to a fire-truck borrowing was not recorded in state reporting, which will marginally raise the town's tax rate until the exclusion is resolved.

Town staff told the Harveston Select Board on Dec. 29 that the Massachusetts Department of Revenue has certified the town's tax rate for the coming billing cycle. During the certification process, staff discovered that a debt-exclusion (DE1) tied to a 2017 fire-truck purchase had not been recorded on state…

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