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Plan to let taxpayers opt out of locally adopted credits draws sharp administrative warnings
Summary
HB 1,400 would let individual property owners opt out of paying toward locally adopted property‑tax credits and exemptions by checking a form box; proponents argued choice and fairness while DRA and municipal officials warned of major software, administrative and fiscal consequences. The committee recommended ITL.
Jonathan Smith (selectboard chair, Ossipee) presented HB 1,400 proposing an opt‑out mechanism so property owners could decline to subsidize locally adopted tax credits and exemptions. Smith said the proposal is a narrow way to give taxpayers a choice: "It would be as simple as a taxpayer checking that box...they're no longer gonna be assessed for those portions of credits and exemptions…
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