Information on Property Tax Assessments
Information on how property tax assessments are derived is available at:
Information on Property Tax Abatements
Abatement applications are available at:
Forms are also available at the Assessor’s Office and at any Assessor’s Office in placeStateMassachusetts.
If you are filing an abatement application, please note the following:
· Applications must be received by the day taxes are due.
· You must provide evidence of overvaluation in the form of comparable sales (available elsewhere on this website) or similar (in size, location, building style, building size) properties compared by value.
· After submitting your application, contact the Data Collector, Bob Nazarian, by telephone at (508) 349-0304 or email at bnaz@townofwellfleet.org to schedule an inspection and walk through. No abatement will be granted without an internal inspection.
· The Board of Assessors is authorized by law to request information necessary to properly determine the fair cash value of the property. To preserve your right to appeal an abatement decision, you must provide all information requested by the Board of Assessors. Failure to respond to an information request within thirty (30) days of the date of the request will result in a denial of the application and may bar an appeal to the Appellate Tax Board.
Tax Relief Available to Domiciled Wellfleet Residents:
$175.00 per year to surviving spouses and to persons 70 and over with assets no more than $40,000 excluding domicile. No income limit.
$400.00 per year to veterans with a 10% service-connected disability or a purple heart.
$1,000.00 per year to veterans with a 100% service-connected disability.
$500.00 per year to persons who are legally blind.
$1000.00 per year to persons age 65 and older with income limits of $20,000 single/$30,000 married and asset limits of $40,000 single/$55,000 married, excluding domicile.
Up to $750.00 per year to persons age 60 and over through participation in the Tax Work-off Program. Call the placePlaceNameSenior PlaceTypeCenter for details and income limits. No asset limits.
A tax deferral program is available to persons age 65 and older with incomes of $40,000 or less to defer all or part of their taxes, to be repaid at 8% interest upon death or sale of the home.
An exemption is available, at the discretion of the Board of Assessors, to those whose financial hardship is temporary and extreme, or whose financial hardship is due to activated military or age and infirmity.
Exemption and Deferral applications are available at the following online links:
Seniors, Surviving Spouses or Minors, Veterans, Blind (Form 96)
Clause 18 Financial Hardship Property Tax Exemption: Activated Military - Age and Infirmity (Form 98)
Clause 18A Financial Hardship Property Tax Deferral (Form 99)
Clause 41A Senior Property Tax Deferral (Form 97)
Forms are also available at the Assessor’s Office and at any Assessor’s Office in placeStateMassachusetts.
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