Boston Increased Assessments on 150 Properties After Appeals
The practice appears to have been designed to minimize the drain on municipal tax revenues from declining commercial assessments, a legal group suing the city claims.
Judge Lets Boston Tax Retaliation Lawsuit Move Forward
A Suffolk Superior Court judge let a lawsuit move forward that alleges retaliation by Boston officials by increasing commercial property tax assessments.
Judge Hears Claims of Boston Tax Retaliation
Attorneys for a downtown Boston office landlord and the city of Boston sparred over whether the court system should decide if the Assessing Department engaged in alleged systematic inflation of commercial property valuations.
Wu Rejects Claim of Retaliation on Assessments
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu flatly rejected a legal aid group’s claim that the city is raising assessments on commercial landlords that appeal their valuations to a state board.
