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DRA warns land-value tax bill would require major IT and staffing work, likely not ready until 2028
Summary
At a Jan. 23 Municipal & County Government Committee hearing, Department of Revenue Administration staff said House Bill 1417 — which would let New Hampshire towns adopt land-value taxation — raises significant implementation and cost questions, including an estimated one-time systems conversion north of $1 million and an earliest practicable effective year of 2028.
Representative Karasinski introduced House Bill 1417, a measure that would permit municipalities to adopt a land-value tax system that separates land and improvement values for taxation.
Jennifer Ramsey, tax policy counsel for the Department of Revenue Administration, told the committee the bill would require large technical changes to state and local systems. “We don't believe it would be possible to implement the bill before tax year 2028,” Ramsey said, adding that the Department’s…
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