Tuesday, December 4, 2012
How much does it cost to live in Mansfield?
Last week, Mansfield selectmen voted to endorse raising both the residential and commercial/industrial property tax rates. According to the Boston Business Journal, Mansfield stacks up pretty poorly against some of its neighbors in terms of commercial industrial tax rates, at least in some areas, and is the fifth most expensive town among Sharon, Wrentham, Norfolk, Norton, Franklin, Easton, Plainville, Norwood, Brockton and Foxborough(as of fiscal year 2012, of which the increase in Mansfield hasn’t taken effect). The vote decided that the increase would take the residential tax rate from $14.29 out of every $1,000 of worth to $14.92 per $1000, a 4.409 percent increase while the commercial rate would increase from $18.50 per $1,000 to $19.…
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Medfield taxpayers paid an average of $8,811 in real estate taxes last year while Weston taxpayers paid the most at $16,643 and Hancock paid the least at $759.00.
Medfield taxpayers paid an average of $5,164 in real estate taxes during fiscal year 2012, according to data recently released by the Department of Revenue. Among the Commonwealth’s 351 cities and towns, Mansfield ranks Number 89 on the list of towns that paid the highest real estate taxes in 2012 with Weston paying the highest at $16,643 and Hancock (home of Hancock Shaker Village, population 721) paying the least at $759.00. Here is a snapshot of what some of our neighbors paid in 2012: Rank, Town, Taxes For a complete list, see the attached document compiled by Patch using DOR data. For additional data, click here. Editor's Note: The DOR chart does not include data from Barnstable, Boston, Brookline, Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, …
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Taxes will be lowering in Mansfield due to a surplus this year.
A cash surplus is rare these days in any community, but Mansfield selectmen were presented with just that Wednesday. As a result, town residents and commercial property owners will actually see their tax bills for the coming year reduced. The board was charged with the yearly task of determining what percentage of property taxes will be paid by residents and commercial/industrial properties, and assessors announced the windfall in so-called "new growth" before the discussion. The new growth figure in this case reflects a hike in the acquisition of personal property on the commercial and industrial side, particularly from the growth and expansion of large industrial park tenants like medical equipment giant Covidien. Against the wishes of …
Frank DelVecchio
10:43 am on Wednesday, July 18, 2012
MEDIELD #22, Mansfield #89. These rankings are based on average single family tax bills. In 2001 (the Year of the Town's last operating override), Mansfield ranked 52, and that ranking has generally crept lower with each year. Over the past five fiscal years, the Town's average single family tax bill has risen a whopping average of 1.7% annually. None of this is to say that Mansfield is a low tax… more ›