Another Super Exciting Board of Assessors Meeting in Gardner MA
Always exciting, the Gardner Board of Assessors met on Thursday, December 11th. The business-like 2 minute meeting focused on procedural matters including the acceptance of meeting minutes, the denial of a motor vehicle excise abatement due to timing issues relating to registration and cancellation. The meeting ends by going in to Executive Session because various abatement applications are not discussed in public. Listen to the entire meeting on any device, CLICK PLAY.
About the Issue of Motor Vehicle Excise Abatements: Abatements are commonly granted for reasons such as selling, trading, or losing the vehicle, moving out of state, or if the assessment is incorrect. You are not eligible for an abatement if you cancel your registration but keep the vehicle, or if you move to a different Massachusetts town during the tax year. In that situation, you owe the excise to the town where you lived on January 1st.