“Few answers will be written in black and white. The greys are dominant and even among them, the shades are innumerable.” – William O. Douglas, Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
Please view this page periodically for various legal resources and information.
Presentations
Watts the Deal – Solar & BESS PILOTs Explained 260615
Don’t Drop the Baton 250903 Don’t Drop the Baton – Handout 250903
Energizing Your Tax Base with Battery Energy Storage Systems 250624
Dual Use Solar – The Commonwealth’s Effort to Have Its Cake And Eat It Too 200624
Local Incentive Only TIFs – Municipalities Take the Wheel 250409
Interrogatories…Where Less is More 250205
Abatements, ATB Appeals and Overlays 241211
Collecting Tax Title in a Post Chapter 140 World 241114
TIFs, TIEs & STAs – Best Practices 240815
It’s Just a Bundle of Sticks 240814
Keeping Solar Burning Bright 240813
Local Tax Incentives for Affordable Housing – MMLA 240801
Real Estate Tax Implications of Leasing Municipal Property 240515-1
Assessing Affordable Housing Properties 240205
Betterments, DIFs & User Charges – Funding Public Infrastructure Projects 230922
The ABCs of TIFs, DIFs, TIEs & STAs 230807
Abatements, ATB Appeals and Overlays 230620
Solar PILOTs – Harnessing the Power of the Sun to Warm Your Municipal Budgets 230504
Don’t Drop the Baton – MAAO Spring Conference 230419
The Holiday Bagful of Goodies – 2022 221201
What’s the Buzz – Blending Net Book Value With RCNLD in the Assessment of Class 504 Utilities 220801
TIFs, TIEs & Solar PILOTs- Getting Out of the Blocks Cleanly 220622-1
The Holiday Bagful of Goodies 211210
Assessing Affordable Housing Properties 210922
Abatements, ATB Appeals and Overlays 210621
It’s Just a Bundle of Sticks – Updated BCAA 210415
The ABCs of TIFs, DIFs, TIEs & STAs 200625
The ABCs of TIFs, DIFs, TIEs & STAs 190919-1
It’s Just a Bundle of Sticks MAAO 190809
Solar….Solar… Don’t Drop the Baton MAAO 190808
Don’t Drop the Baton MAAO 190808
Assessing Condominiums – Present Interests, Uncommon Elements, & Common Sense 190509
MAAO Winter-Spring Mtg Solar 190328
BCAA 2018 Annual Meeting 181207
2017 Spring Congruous Cooperative County Conference 170412
Massachusetts Municipal Modernization Act – An Overview 160907
Plymouth County Treasurers, Collectors & Assessors Joint Meeting 160511
Urban Tree Farm Presentation 140321
BCAA – Low Value Tax Titles 140410
NSCAA – Don’t Drop the Baton 150513