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Ch. 61/61A Forestland Calculator

Please note, that the new Ch. 61/61A rates will go into affect July 1st, 2008. Until that date, assements will remain under the current system.

Step 1: Choose the location of your property
East OR West of the Connecticut River

Step 2: Enter the number of certified acres

Step 3: Enter your town's tax rate. Use the open space rate if your town has adopted one for your chapter program. If an open space rate has not been adopted, then use your town's commercial tax rate. Click here to look up your town's tax rate.

Property taxes are calculated as shown below:
Number of certified Acres X Per Acre Valuation = Current Use Valuation
Current Use Valuation X Town's Per Thousand Tax Rate = Estimated tax bill under current use

Example
20.53 Acres located East of the Connecticut River
FY 2008 Tax Rate $9.94

Number of Acres Per Acre Valuation Current Use Valuation Your Town's Per Thousand Tax Rate Est. Current Use Tax
20.53 $108.00 $2,217.24 $9.94 $22.04

 

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This is the Web site for the Forest Conservation Extension Program within UMass Extension's Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation program, Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
Maintained by Paul Catanzaro, Forestry Extension Specialists, cat@umext.umass.edu, 413.545.4839
MassWoods is the Web site for the Forest Conservation Extension Program within UMass Extension's Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation program, Department of Natural Resources Conservation, University of Massachusetts Amherst.
http://www.masswoods.net