FISCAL YEAR 2008 REAL ESTATE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY TAX BILLS

The Fiscal Year 2008 fourth quarter real estate and personal property tax bills were mailed on Monday, March 31, 2008 and are due in the Collector’s Office by Thursday, May 1, 2008. Tax bills are mailed to the owners of record as of January 1, 2007. If you purchased property after that date and do not receive a tax bill please call Holly Haase at the Collector’s office at (978) 425-2600, Ext. 210. I can also be reached by e-mail at This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

For those in the sewer district, this bill reflects the Sewer Betterment charges for Fiscal Year 2008. There are two areas on that bill that show the betterment charge. On the bottom portion of the bill there is an area called “Special Assessments”. The “Sewer Bett” is your yearly Sewer Betterment payment and “Sewer Bett CI” is the Sewer Betterment Committed Interest of 2% on the unpaid balance. Under Total Assessment there is a line called “SpAs”. This line is the total of the Sewer Betterment Charge and the Committed Interest divided by 2 for the February and May payments.

The tax rate for Fiscal Year 2008 is $10.15 per thousand dollars of valuation. The tax bills have a single line which shows the total value of the property. If you wish to see a breakdown of the value by land, building and other please contact the Assessors Office for the property record card or you go online to www.patriotproperties.com and view your card there.

Property owners are advised to forward the bills to their mortgage companies as soon as possible. According to state law the bills are mailed to the assessed owner of the property and it is the owner’s responsibility to see that the mortgage company gets the tax bill.

On-line payments are available for Fiscal Year 2008 Real Estate and Personal Property tax bills. To access the Town of Shirley file and make payments click the tab PAY BILLS ON LINE at the top of this webpage. If you are registered user log in and pay you bills. New users will prompted to register for this service. Please note that there is a charge of twenty-five cents ($ .25) for each transaction made using either your Savings Account or your Checking Account. The charge for using a credit card may be significantly higher. Before you pay with a credit card, please be sure to check with your credit card company for the amount they will charge you. On-line payments are only available for the current Fiscal Year. If you have past due accounts please contact the Collector’s Office.

Office hours for walk-in service are Monday thru Thursday, 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m., Friday, 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. Evening and Saturday hours are available by appointment.

If your have any questions that I can help you with concerning the tax bills, please feel free to contact me at 978-425-2600, ext. 210.

Holly J. Haase