Yet another tax proposed (HB 426)

February 2009 HB 426 would among other things impose an education property tax at $5.50 per $1,000 of taxable value. Bill text: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0426.html This bill was heard on February 3, 2009 by the House Ways and Means Committee....

Ax the View Tax (HB 298)

HB 298 excludes the value of the view external to a property from the appraisal of a property for property tax purposes. This would nullify the infamous ‘View Tax’ that has caused so many people to have to give up property that has been in their families...

Massachusetts wants to collect taxes in NH

February 3, 2009 WMUR-TV CONCORD, N.H. — Massachusetts is trying to force its residents who shop at New Hampshire tire stores to pay a 5 percent tax, but the idea isn’t sitting well with New Hampshire officials and consumers. The Connecticut-based Town...

NH BIA: NO NEW TAXES!

February 2, 2009 Fox News CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – Groups representing a wide array of New Hampshire businesses are coming together to warn lawmakers against raising their taxes. The Business and Industry Association of New Hampshire, several chambers of commerce...

Tokenism for Taxpayers

by Eugene Reed Property taxpayers have long been at the mercy of municipal assessors and their secretive “art” of assessing. Last year the Nottingham property owners located around Pawtuckaway Lake were shocked to find that their properties had been singled out for a...

NH Non-profits on the Rise

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – A new report says there are over 7,800 nonprofit organizations in New Hampshire and that one in eight New Hampshire workers is employed by them. The report, the first of its kind by the New Hampshire Center for Nonprofits, also says $8...