MassachusettsShrewsbury could lower age and raise estate limits for tax relief
If enacted, Shrewsbury could lower the age limit for one property tax exemption and adjust income and estate limits for another.
What it does
Shrewsbury may lower the minimum age for this exemption from 70 to 65 and set the total estate limit at no more than $61,490.
Shrewsbury may raise income and estate limits for this exemption, with different maximums for single people and married couples.
Argument forLowering the age limit and raising income and estate limits could let more older residents qualify for property tax relief.
Argument againstHigher estate limits could let some residents with more assets qualify, which might increase the town’s tax relief obligations.
More detail
Shrewsbury may adjust the rules for this property tax exemption. This applies to real property exemptions under clause Seventeenth D in Shrewsbury. The town may set the total estate limit at no more than $61,490. If enacted, the act would take effect upon passage. The estate limit would rise each year by the increase in the Consumer Price Index.
Shrewsbury may adjust the rules for this property tax exemption. This applies to real property exemptions under clause Forty-first C in Shrewsbury. The income limit would be up to $29,879 for a single person or $44,818 for a married couple, based on both spouses’ income in the prior year. The total estate limit would be up to $61,490 for one person or $84,549 for a married person. If enacted, the act would take effect upon passage. The estate limits would rise each year by the increase in the Consumer Price Index.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Oct 22Read second and ordered to a third readingLatest
- Oct 22Taken out of the Orders of the Day
- Sep 24Read; and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
- Sep 21Read third (title changed) and passed to be engrossedPassed 1st Chamber
- Aug 10Read second and ordered to a third readingMinor
- Aug 10Rules suspended
- Aug 10Committee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting
- Aug 6Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and SchedulingMinor
- Jul 10Hearing scheduled for 07/20/2026 from 09:00 AM-05:00 PM in Written Testimony Only
- Jun 18Senate concurred
- Jun 17Referred to the committee on RevenueIntroduced
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