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Hanover Board of Assessors

FY 2012 Tax Rate

15.00 Residential

15.74 Commercial

Hanover
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About the Board of Assessors

The Role of the Board of Assessors

Assessors are required by Massachusetts Law to list and value all real and personal property. Valuation is subject to ad valorem taxation on an assessment roll each year. The "ad valorem" basis for taxation means that all property should be taxed "according to value", which is the definition of ad valorem. Assessed values, in Massachusetts, are based on "full and fair cash value", or 100 percent of the fair market value.

Assessors are required to submit these values to the Department of Revenue for certification every three years.

In the years between certification, Assessors are also required to make interim adjustments to value each year to reflect the changing market. This assures that the taxpayer pays his or her fair share of the cost of local government, in proportion to the amount of money the property is worth, on a yearly basis rather than every three years.

The "market adjusted" or "actual" assessed values are certified and rendered on the 3^rd and 4^th quarter bills each fiscal year. The assessment date for each upcoming Fiscal Year is always January 1^st. Because we are stating a property's assessed value is as of 01/01/XX, we must analyze the previous calendar year's sales data to figure the adjustment.

Example: Upcoming Fiscal Year 2012 (July 1, 2011 – June 30, 2012)
Assessment Date = 01/01/2011
Sales to Analyze = Calendar Year 2010 Sales
Market Adjustment = 3^rd Quarter (End of December)

So, your new assessed value for Fiscal Year 2012 will be based on sales that took place in Hanover during calendar year 2010.

Note: The 1^st and 2^nd quarter bills you receive each fiscal year are "estimated bills" and are usually calculated using the previous fiscal years "actual" assessed value and tax rate.

The Hanover assessor's office must appraise and assess approximately 5700 parcels of property. The Board of Assessors is required to annually assess taxes in an amount sufficient to cover the state and local appropriations chargeable to the Town. These taxes assessed will include state taxes which have been duly certified to the Board and Town taxes voted by the Town (including Proposition 2 1/2).

Assessors Staff / Contact Us

Board of Assessors

Paul Barresi, Chairman

Tom Kokoliadis

Nancy Lyons

Assessor

Robert E. Cole ( assessing@hanover-ma.gov )

Assessing Assistant

Trish O'Kane (asst.assessing@hanover-ma.gov)

Senior Clerk

Elaine Boidi (clerk.assessing@hanover-ma.gov)

550 Hanover Street
Hanover, MA 02339
Tel: 781-826-6401 Fax: 781-826-5239