Roll Back Taxes and Fees (HB 645)
HB 645 is an act eliminating various taxes and fees and tax and fee increases enacted in fiscal years 2007 through 2010. What a shame this does not include the tax on interest and dividends as imposed in 1999, bascially an income tax that hits hardest those living on...Property Evaluations (HB 249)
HB 249 requires that procedures for updating assessments in a property revaluation for property tax purposes shall not include statistical updates based on sales data, but shall be based on visual inspection and practice of measure and list. A hearing will be held on...Appeal Property Assessment (HB 316)
NH law currently permits towns to get an administrative warrant to come in to your home as part of the property assessment procedure. If you fight the warrant the town does not have to consider any appeal you make to your assessment. Rep. Andy Manuse has proposed HB...Spending Caps (SB 2)
SB 2 (prime sponsor Senator David Boutin) would allow cities and towns under a charter, and towns, school districts, and other political subdivisions under the municipal budget act to adopt an annual limit on increases to the municipal budget. A hearing is scheduled...A Modest (Budget Cutting) Proposal
by Steve MacDonald There are plenty of towns like mine trying to figure out where they can cut costs. But every conversation seems to end at cutting education or safety services. While I find it hard to believe that there is nothing else in a budget you can trim, I...VISITORS