Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 60, § 3E
Application of partial payments
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Section 3E. Partial payments of bills for taxes, excises or municipal charges and fees, including partial payments under sections 22 and 62, shall be applied first to any interest due, then to collection charges, that have been added to the bills, unless the amount of the interest and charges taken together may be waived and the collector or other officer responsible for collecting the bills determines that the partial payment should be first applied to the underlying obligation.
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In this chapter (40 sections)
- 60-1 · Definitions
- 60-2 · Collection; payment over; returns; abatement
- 60-2A · Banks designated to receive tax payments; agreements
- 60-2B · Municipal taxes; collection services; agreements; compensation;…
- 60-2C · Assignment or transfer of tax receivables; conditions of sale;…
- 60-3 · Tax bills; notices; affidavits of sending
- 60-3A · Form of bill or notice; electronic format; notices for rates of…
- 60-3B · Repealed, 2016, 218, Sec. 158
- 60-3C · City or town scholarship fund; donation; deposits; distribution
- 60-3D · City or town aid to elderly and disabled taxation fund;…
- 60-3E · Application of partial payments
- 60-3F · Voluntary donation to municipal veterans assistance fund by…
- 60-4-5 · Repealed, 1963, 160, Sec. 26
- 60-6 · Books or electronically prepared records containing tax lists;…
- 60-7 · Cash books
- 60-8 · Collector's books as municipal property; open to examination
- 60-9 · Repealed, 1976, 451
- 60-10-11 · Repealed, 1923, 128, Sec. 2
- 60-12 · Custody of books, etc.; demand
- 60-13 · Necessity and duty to give bond
- 60-14 · Special collector; bond
- 60-15 · Fees of collector
- 60-15A · Repealed, 1963, 160, Sec. 27
- 60-15B · Tax title collection revolving fund
- 60-16 · Demand for payment of tax prior to sale of land or distraining…
- 60-17 · Unpaid taxes; collection
- 60-18 · Repealed, 1932, 54, Sec. 1
- 60-19 · Special warrant for distress or imprisonment without demand,…
- 60-20 · Certificate of abatement
- 60-21 · Error in name of person; collection from intended persons
- 60-22 · Partial payments
- 60-22A · Separate tax bills or notices; partial payments on account;…
- 60-23 · Filing certificates; releasing liens, etc.
- 60-23A · Certificate of liens; fee schedule; acceptance of section…
- 60-23B · Certificate of liens; fee schedule
- 60-24 · Levy by distress or seizure and sale; exemptions
- 60-25 · Detention of goods distrained; notice; sale
- 60-26 · Adjournment; notice
- 60-27 · Levy of tax on land by distress of stock and produce
- 60-28 · Accounting for surplus