Due Dates

Real Estate Tax bills are sent in late June and December. The June mailing includes bills due on August 1st and November 1st, while the December mailing includes bills due February 1st and May 1st.

Motor Vehicle Excise Taxes are billed in the spring, generally due in early April. Subsequent motor vehicle excise bills are sent at various times throughout the year.

Boat excise taxes and moorings are billed early in the year, generally due in March.

Please note that deadlines for applications for exemptions or deferrals have changed, as of November 7, 2016.

You may be eligible for an exemption from or deferral of all or some of your tax. In order to obtain an exemption for which you are qualified, you must file an application in writing on an approved form with the assessors. The filing deadline for an exemption under Mass. G.L. Ch. 59, §5, Cl. (17, 17C, 17C½, 17D), 18, 22, 22A, 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E, 22F, (37, 37A), (41, 41B, 41C, 41C½), 42, 43, (or if locally adopted, 52, 53, 56 or 57) or a deferral under Cl. 18A or 41A is April 1, 2019 if tax bills were mailed on or before December 31, 2018, or 3 months after the date tax bills were mailed if the bills were mailed after December 31, 2018. The filing deadline for all other exemptions under Ch. 59, §5 is February 1, 2019 if tax bills were mailed on or before December 31, 2018, or May 1, 2019, or 30 days after the date tax bills were mailed, whichever is later, if the bills were mailed after December 31, 2018. The filing deadline for a residential exemption under Ch. 59, §5C, or a small commercial exemption under Ch. 59 §5I, if locally adopted and not shown on your bill, is April 1, 2019 if tax bills were mailed on or before December 31, 2018, or 3 months after the date tax bills were mailed if the bills were mailed after December 31, 2018.