Three Things to Watch for at Town Meetings

by Jane Aitken (Originally published at NH Insider) Once again it is that time of year when NH residents will attend town meetings, school meetings, and deliberative sessions to decide how their tax dollars will be spent. They will make decisions about the education...

Abatement: Deering

by Ed Naile Ten days ago I represented myself, unless that is a debatable point as well, in Hillsborough Superior Court in Manchester, NH in a Motion to Dismiss my appeal of a property tax abatement request denial for 2006. It gets weirder. The corrupt town I live in,...

What’s a Pretty View Worth? A Tax Hit

A revolt brews in New Hampshire over property-tax levies for some residents who have scenic views. ORFORD, N.H. – David Bischoff lights a gas lantern in his tiny cabin and gazes out the window. Two forested peaks rise beyond a snow-strewn field of hay. It’s a...

Assessors Don’t Raise Your Taxes

Gary Roberge defends the view tax: The challenge to pay property taxes continues to decimate the working class in New Hampshire. Incomes have not kept pace with the relentless increase in local and state budgets. By not voting to eliminate or curtail non-essential...

State Board Denies ‘View Tax’ Exists

by Ed Naile The Assessing Standards Board yesterday defended the practice of factoring a property’s view into its assessment but disputed the existence of a so-called view tax. The board, which is attached to the Department of Revenue Administration, is...

Gary Roberge, Father of the ‘View Tax’

In an interview on NH Public Radio with Gary Roberge of Avitar Associates, the firm that does much of the assessing of property in NH in order to determine their taxes, one could hear the reason Gary Roberge of Avitar gave for having recently stepped down from the...