Chapter 59, Section 5, Clause 18
Eligibility: applicant must be an individual
must be aged, infirmed and impoverished
must be 65 years of age or older
must have some degree of mental or physical ailment
must suffer financial deprivation
Application: Filed with the Assessors within 3 months of the mailing of the actual tax bills
Must include IRS returns, Banking and pension statements, Records of Public
Assistance
Outstanding Bills
What Assessors can do: Abate a portion or all of the real or personal property tax. Assessors have
sole discretion to abate and their decision cannot be appealed to the Appellate Tax Board.
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