MA H1475

Bill

Providing for property tax relief for small business owners

Introduced
01/23/2017

In Committee
01/23/2017

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2018

Introduced Session

190th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to providing property tax relief for small business owners. Revenue.

AI Summary

This bill proposes to provide property tax relief for small business owners in Massachusetts. Specifically, it would allow cities and towns to grant a property tax exemption of up to 10% of the average assessed value of commercial properties, but only for properties owned and occupied by businesses that employed 50 or fewer people in the previous year and had an assessed valuation below $1 million. The bill also requires the Director of the Division of Employment and Training to provide a confidential list of such small employers to local assessors annually to assist in determining eligibility for this property tax exemption.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance

Sponsors (2)

Bruce Ayers (D), James Murphy (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H4244 (on 02/22/2018)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H1475

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H1475
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/H1475.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1557	To broaden eligibility for relief from disproportionate property tax burdens	No further action taken	Similar To
H1571	Extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons	Accompanied a study order, see H4244	Similar To
H1573	Relative to the property tax classification of small businesses	Accompanied a study order, see H4244	Similar To
H1597	Reducing tax liability for grandparents raising grandchildren	Accompanied a study order, see H4244	Similar To
H1641	Establishing a tax incentive for small property improvements	Accompanied a study order, see H4244	Similar To
H3693	Relative to property tax exemptions for rental properties in the town of Lincoln deed restricted as affordable housing	Accompanied a new draft, see H4004	Similar To
H4244	House study order	No further action taken	Replaced by
H4258	Authorizing the Town of Hopkinton to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption	Accompanied a new draft, see H4389	Similar To
H4978	Authorizing the town of Westford to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption	Accompanied a new draft, see H4998	Similar To
S1346	Relative to reasonable notice and cure standards to protect small businesses	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1500	Eliminating telecommunications tax exemptions	Accompanied a study order, see S2497	Similar To
S1652	Providing local property tax relief	Accompanied a new draft, see S2231	Similar To
S1664	Relative to a small business gas tax credit	Accompanied a study order, see S2497	Similar To
S2160	Relative to clarifying property tax exemptions for solar and wind systems	New draft substituted, see S2364	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1557

To broaden eligibility for relief from disproportionate property tax burdens

No further action taken

Similar To

H1571

Extending a property tax exemption to the surviving spouse of blind persons

Accompanied a study order, see H4244

Similar To

H1573

Relative to the property tax classification of small businesses

Accompanied a study order, see H4244

Similar To

H1597

Reducing tax liability for grandparents raising grandchildren

Accompanied a study order, see H4244

Similar To

H1641

Establishing a tax incentive for small property improvements

Accompanied a study order, see H4244

Similar To

H3693

Relative to property tax exemptions for rental properties in the town of Lincoln deed restricted as affordable housing

Accompanied a new draft, see H4004

Similar To

H4244

House study order

No further action taken

Replaced by

H4258

Authorizing the Town of Hopkinton to establish a means-tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Accompanied a new draft, see H4389

Similar To

H4978

Authorizing the town of Westford to establish a means tested senior citizen property tax exemption

Accompanied a new draft, see H4998

Similar To

S1346

Relative to reasonable notice and cure standards to protect small businesses

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S1500

Eliminating telecommunications tax exemptions

Accompanied a study order, see S2497

Similar To

S1652

Providing local property tax relief

Accompanied a new draft, see S2231

Similar To

S1664

Relative to a small business gas tax credit

Accompanied a study order, see S2497

Similar To

S2160

Relative to clarifying property tax exemptions for solar and wind systems

New draft substituted, see S2364

Similar To

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