Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 61A, § 7
Additional assessment; change in use in pre-tax year between October 1 and June 30
Section 7. If a change in use of land actively devoted to agricultural, horticultural or agricultural and horticultural use occurs between December 1 and June 30 of the year preceding the tax year, the board of assessors shall disallow or nullify the application filed under authority of section six, and, after examination and inquiry, shall determine the full and fair value of said land under the valuation standard applicable to other land and shall assess the same according to such value. If, notwithstanding such change of use, the land is valued, assessed and taxed under the provisions of this chapter in the ensuing year, upon notice thereof said board shall enter an assessment and the amount of the increased tax resulting from such assessment, as an added assessment and tax against such land, in the ''Omitted list'' for the particular year involved in the manner prescribed in section seventy-five of chapter fifty-nine. The amount of the added assessment shall be equal to the difference, if any, between the assessment imposed under this chapter and the assessment which would have been imposed had the land been valued and assessed as other land. The enforcement and collection of additional taxes resulting from any additional assessment so imposed shall be as provided by said chapter fifty-nine. The additional assessment imposed under this section shall not affect the conveyance or roll-back taxes, if any, applicable under sections twelve and thirteen.
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In this chapter (27 sections)
- 61A-1 · Land in agricultural use defined
- 61A-2 · Land in horticultural use defined
- 61A-2A · Land used to site renewable energy generating source
- 61A-3 · Land of five-acre minimum area actively devoted to agricultural…
- 61A-4 · Valuation of land in agricultural, etc. use; contiguous land;…
- 61A-4A · Tax rate for land actively devoted to agricultural or…
- 61A-5 · Contiguous land under one ownership within more than one city…
- 61A-6 · Annual determination of eligibility for valuation; application;…
- 61A-7 · Additional assessment; change in use in pre-tax year between…
- 61A-8 · Timely filing of application in towns or cities with programs…
- 61A-9 · Allowance or disallowance of application for valuation; notice;…
- 61A-10 · Factors to be considered in valuing land
- 61A-11 · Farmland valuation advisory commission; expenditures
- 61A-12 · Sale of land or change of use; liability for conveyance tax;…
- 61A-13 · Change of use; liability for roll-back taxes
- 61A-14 · Sale for or conversion to residential or commercial use;…
- 61A-15 · Taxation of buildings and land occupied by dwelling
- 61A-16 · Continuance of land valuation, assessment and taxation under…
- 61A-17 · Separation of land to other use; liability for conveyance or…
- 61A-18 · Special or betterment assessments; payment; interest
- 61A-19 · Roll-back taxes; procedures for assessment; appeal to…
- 61A-19A · Sale of land; certification of taxes paid or payable
- 61A-20 · Valuation and assessment for purposes other than provisions of…
- 61A-21 · Factual details on tax list
- 61A-22 · Rules and regulations; forms and procedures
- 61A-23 · Use of valuation, etc. procedures to evade taxes; penalties
- 61A-24 · Severability