Selectmen Approve Tax Rate Increase

Excerpted from The Easton Journal, January 8, 2010; Paula Vogler reporting

Tax rates increase

Selectmen approved the board of assessors’ recommendation to increase the town’s single tax rate from $12.35 per $1,000 to $13.49 per $1,000. Home values were based on sales that occurred in 2008 and the total value base of the town has decreased.
While there has been a 3 percent decline in property values for three years in a row, residents should not be looking for a decrease in their tax bill.
“Generally your taxes are going to go up every year,” selectmen Chairman Colleen Corona said. “Do not expect your taxes to go down because we are allowed to collect an additional 2.5 percent (under Prop 2-1/2 each year).”