Massachusetts General Laws (Tax)

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 61B, § 4

Changes in use; valuation; additional assessments

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Section 4. If a change in use of land maintained as recreational land as defined in section one 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 three, 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, 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 chapters fifty-nine and sixty.

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In this chapter (19 sections)
  1. 61B-1 · Recreational land and uses
  2. 61B-2 · Value of recreational land; rate of tax
  3. 61B-2A · Tax rate for recreational land
  4. 61B-3 · Eligibility for classification as recreational
  5. 61B-4 · Changes in use; valuation; additional assessments
  6. 61B-5 · Revaluation programs; time for application for recreational…
  7. 61B-6 · Allowance or disallowance of applications; time; records; liens
  8. 61B-7 · Land sold for other uses; conveyance tax; nonexempt transfers
  9. 61B-8 · Disqualification of land; roll-back taxes
  10. 61B-9 · Notice of intent to sell for or convert to other use; option of…
  11. 61B-10 · Buildings on recreational land; land occupied by dwellings or…
  12. 61B-11 · Continuance of classification
  13. 61B-12 · Separation of land for non-recreational use
  14. 61B-13 · Special or betterment assessments
  15. 61B-14 · Roll-back taxes; procedures for assessment, etc.; modification…
  16. 61B-15 · Certificate of amount of conveyance or roll-back tax
  17. 61B-16 · Equalized valuation based on recreational use
  18. 61B-17 · Tax list of board of assessors; information required
  19. 61B-18 · Rules and regulations; forms and procedures
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