Latest Tax Equalization Rates for NH

Where Does Your Municipality Rank? One can compare how the spending (budget) impacts the tax rate and compare with other Cities and Towns in the State. See where your municipality rates. This is the most current data from DRA. Please read the introduction on Page 1 as...

View Tax is Subjective, Unfair

This piece is reprinted with permission from the author. It was also printed in Foster’s. Like most people, I have an aversion to injustice. Here in the “Live Free or Die” state of New Hampshire, a glaring example of injustice is the levying of an odious view...

Ax the View Tax (HB 298)

HB 298 excludes the value of the view external to a property from the appraisal of a property for property tax purposes. This would nullify the infamous ‘View Tax’ that has caused so many people to have to give up property that has been in their families...

Tokenism for Taxpayers

by Eugene Reed Property taxpayers have long been at the mercy of municipal assessors and their secretive “art” of assessing. Last year the Nottingham property owners located around Pawtuckaway Lake were shocked to find that their properties had been singled out for a...

Fair Assessment Group Holds Workshop in Hampton

Seacoast Online The Coalition for a Fair Assessment will host a workshop on how to go about filing a tax abatement on Feb. 7. The workshop will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. in the precinct meeting room at the Hampton Beach fire station. Linda Gebhart, president of the...

Windsor NH Returns to Biennial Sessions

by Ed Naile Always on the cutting edge of municipal finance, the tiny town of Windsor is still auditing its books from almost a decade of not doing so. Thank you DRA!   Lucky the budget for this town of 250 is only about $150,000.00, otherwise things could get sticky....