Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board Reduces Condo Property Tax Assessments

On Jan. 11 the Massachusetts Appellate Tax Board issued a decision in favor taxpayer who appealed the Board of Assessors of the City of Boston’s refusal to abate taxes on a condominium unit for fiscal years 2020, 2021, and 2022. The Board found that the taxpayer met the burden of proving a fair cash value for the unit that was less than its assessed value for each of the fiscal years at issue. As a result, the Board ordered tax abatements for each of the fiscal years in question. [Goldberg v. Bd. of Assessors of the City of Bos., Mass. ...