On June 28, 2024, Town of Bolton staff became aware of an issue with some tax bills being calculated with the previous assessed value and the new mil rate resulting in undervalued tax bills. Further investigation revealed that this affected 556 accounts. Those accounts are being rebilled correctly. Only those 556 affected accounts have a revised deadline of August 30, 2024, to pay without penalty. All other tax bills are due not later than August 1, 2024. Closer investigation also found that the grand list calculations were incorrect, and it is $30,703,164.00 lower than it should be. With the current mil rate and the new grand list valuation the Town will collect approximately $1,000,000.00 more in taxes than is necessary to operate the Town for the current fiscal year. The Board of Selectmen and Finance Committee met on July 8, 2024, to discuss this matter. At their meeting they determined that they would continue to collect taxes based on the proper evaluations and the current mil rate. They also were in consensus that they would like to return funds to taxpayers in excess of the amount approved by taxpayers for this fiscal year. In an effort to determine the best way to accomplish that they formed an ad hoc committee which includes members of both boards. The charge of that committee is to work with the town administrator and town attorney to determine the most effective and efficient way to accomplish that task. They have also been tasked with completely investigating the issue and determining what happened and how to prevent it from occurring again in the future.
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MOTOR VEHICLE, PERSONAL PROPERTY AND THE REMAINING BALANCE DUE ON REAL ESTATE ACCOUNTS WILL BE BILLED BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER. THESE BILLS WILL HAVE TO BE PAID BY NOVEMBER 3, 2025, TO AVOID INTEREST. THE TAX OFFICE WILL HAVE THEM AVAILABLE TO PAY SOONER AND WILL UPDATE HERE WHEN THEY ARE AVAILABLE.
THE COLLECTION ON THE REAL ESTATE ACCOUNTS WITH THE TEMPORARY MILL RATE OF 31 PAYABLE IN AUGUST WENT WELL AND COLLECTIONS FOR THOSE ACCOUNTS ARE AT 97.5%. IF YOU STILL OWE A BALANCE ON THIS TAX BILL, PAYMENTS CAN STILL BE MADE ONLINE AND IN THE TAX OFFICE. 3% INTEREST HAS BEEN ADDED ON TO THE BALANCE OF THESE TAX ACCOUNTS THAT WILL BE GOOD THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30, 2025. INTEREST CANNOT BE WAIVED.
The Town of Bolton will hold its annual Shredding Event on Saturday, September 20, 2025, from 9 a.m. to noon at the recycling/transfer station. Residents from the Town of Bolton can bring documents for shredding to the recycling center. All rings and binders must be removed. Staples do not need to be removed. There is no limit to the quantity of documents to be shredded.