Tax Relief Task Force approves final report recommending RTE replacement.
Tax Relief Evaluation Task Force approves final report replacing the Residential Tax Exemption. The Task Force voted 7-0 to adopt the report with two amendments, clarifying that the Board of Assessors would set senior exemption asset thresholds and adding comparison towns to tax rate tables.
Tax Relief Evaluation Task Force · Meeting of May 7, 2026
CONCORD — Tax Relief Evaluation Task Force approves final report replacing the Residential Tax Exemption. The Task Force voted 7-0 to adopt the report with two amendments, clarifying that the Board of Assessors would set senior exemption asset thresholds and adding comparison towns to tax rate tables. Members split 4-3 on timing: four voted to delay RTE repeal until substitute tax relief measures are operational; three voted to begin repeal regardless of implementation status.
Co-chair Quackenbush indicated the Select Board will likely dismiss the Task Force after its May 18 meeting.
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Source: the Tax Relief Evaluation Task Force meeting of May 7, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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