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=== Massachusetts documents === | === Massachusetts documents === | ||
* MA DoR [http://www.mass.gov/dor/ | * MA DoR [http://www.mass.gov/dor/local-officials/dls-newsroom/dls-publications/assessment-administration-law-procedures-and.html Assessment Administration: Law Procedures and Valuation Course 101 Handbook] | ||
* MA DoR [http://www.mass.gov/dor/docs/dls/bla/pdfs/assessmentcertfldmanual.pdf Assessment Certification and Field Review Manual] | * MA DoR [http://www.mass.gov/dor/docs/dls/bla/pdfs/assessmentcertfldmanual.pdf Assessment Certification and Field Review Manual] | ||
* MA DoR [http://www.mass.gov/dor/docs/dls/bla/certificationstandards.pdf Certification Standards] | * MA DoR [http://www.mass.gov/dor/docs/dls/bla/certificationstandards.pdf Certification Standards] | ||
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** [http://www.mass.gov/anf/docs/atb/2008/08p813.doc Fawcett St Associates v. Cambridge] (Jun 30, 2008) | ** [http://www.mass.gov/anf/docs/atb/2008/08p813.doc Fawcett St Associates v. Cambridge] (Jun 30, 2008) | ||
** [http://www.mass.gov/anf/docs/atb/2008/08p746.doc Cambridge Park 125 Realty Corp. and Cambridge Park 150 Realty Corp. v. Cambridge] (June 13, 2008) | ** [http://www.mass.gov/anf/docs/atb/2008/08p746.doc Cambridge Park 125 Realty Corp. and Cambridge Park 150 Realty Corp. v. Cambridge] (June 13, 2008) | ||
=== US States documents === | === US States documents === | ||
Revision as of 22:00, 7 May 2013
News
- Lexington Minuteman: Town officials explain commercial assessments in Lexington, by Ben Aaronson (Aug 12, 2010)
- Lexington Minuteman: Assessing a situation, by Ian B. Murphy (Aug 14, 2008)
Lexington documents and data
- Assessors Online Database and Registry of Deeds for Lexington, MA
- Lexington Commercial Properties Assessed Well Below Their Sale Price, by Patrick Mehr (2013)
- Overview of the Commercial and Industrial Property Assessment Process, by Steve Foster (Jan 13, 2011)
- Town of Lexington FY2013 Tax Classification Packet
- Lexington 2011 At A Glance Report
- lex-tmma threads:
- Assessments - articles 37 & 38: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lex-tmma/message/13686 (Mar 2011)
- Starwood Hotel Property Sale: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lex-tmma/message/16974 (Feb 2013)
- Town officials rush to help businesses - but not to tax them fairly… http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lex-tmma/message/17593 (Apr 2013)
- Another T.I.F. under consideration? http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lex-tmma/message/17610 (May 2013)
- Town Meeting action:
- 2011 Annual Town Meeting minutes, Article 37 (Commercial Assessments Citizen Motion) and Article 38 (Residential Assessments Citizen Motion)
Massachusetts documents
- MA DoR Assessment Administration: Law Procedures and Valuation Course 101 Handbook
- MA DoR Assessment Certification and Field Review Manual
- MA DoR Certification Standards
- MA FY2005 - 2011 Multi-Year At-A-Glance Report
- Selected ATB tax appeal decisions:
- USAA Properties v. Chelmsford (Dec 5, 2012)
- 540 Taunton, LLC v. Taunton (Oct 12, 2012)
- Fawcett St Associates v. Cambridge (Jun 30, 2008)
- Cambridge Park 125 Realty Corp. and Cambridge Park 150 Realty Corp. v. Cambridge (June 13, 2008)
US States documents
- Survey of Ratio Study Methods Used By the States (1995)
- NY State DoR report on Ratio Studies in various US States
- International Association of Assessing Officers (IAAO) Standard on Ratio Studies