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File #: 202447    Version: 1
Type: Mayor's Request Status: Approved
File created: 11/10/2016 In control: City Council
On agenda: 11/22/2016 Final action: 11/22/2016
Enactment date: 11/22/2016 Enactment #: 202447
Title: Requesting approval of MGL c59 s5K to increase the maximum abatement amount for the senior work-off from $1,000 to $1,500.
Code sections: Acceptance of MGL -
Attachments: 1. Order - 59 5K tax workoff 60 plus

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Requesting approval of MGL c59 s5K to increase the maximum abatement amount for the senior work-off from $1,000 to $1,500.

 

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To the Honorable Board:

 

I respectfully request that this Board consider and approve an increase from $1,000 to $1,500 the maximum abatement a taxpayer over 60 years old may earn each fiscal year per MGL c. 59 s. 5K.  This increase was just authorized as part of the passage of "An Act to Modernize Municipal Finance and Government.  Approval would take effect starting in fiscal year 2018, (Board order attached).

 

Thank You for your consideration of this matter.

 

Respectfully,

Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor