Posts by Kevin Rudden
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Question: “How do you calculate the value of my home?” Answer: All residential property in Holliston is valued annually using standards from the International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) and – even more important – from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue (DOR)’s Division of Local Services (DLS). The DLS approves every step we take throughout the annual…
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Question: “What are personal property taxes?” Answer: Property can be either real property or personal property. In simple terms, real property is land and buildings. Personal property, on the other hand, refers to “movable” items such as furniture, equipment, electronic devices, pipes and wires. In Massachusetts, personal property owned by certain individuals and businesses can…
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This month, Holliston’s Principal Assessor answers the question, “Are commercial/industrial property values calculated differently from residential property values?”
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Holliston’s Principal Assessor answers the question, “Am I old enough to get a senior citizen property tax reduction?”
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Holliston’s Principal Assessor shares the fifth installment of “Ask the Assessor” in which he answers the question: “I’ve done nothing to my house. So, why did my assessment go up?”
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Principal Assessor Kevin Rudden shares the fourth in his monthly posts, “Ask the Assessor.” He answers the following question, “If I let an Assessor inspect my property, will my taxes go up?”
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This month, Principal Assessor Kevin Rudden answers familiar question.
Question: “Why are the tax bills due in the first half of the calendar year higher than the two before them?”
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Holliston’s Principal Assessor, Kevin Rudden, answers the question: What’s the difference between an abatement and an exemption?
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Publishers Chris and Yvette Cain have offered me the opportunity to explain how the assessing process works. For this first article, I’m going to answer two questions people have been asking us this month as they come to Town Hall to pay their property tax bills.
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