Vergennes taxes drop for most

Vergennes property tax rates for the current fiscal year dropped across the board.

Ferrisburgh homeowners are seeing a small drop in property tax rates this fiscal year, but non-residential owners are seeing an increase.

I think it is fine for people to want to have schools that they think will serve their children better, but not with public funding.

I carefully checked household expense receipts. I double checked the numbers on my W-2. I gathered my bank forms, then I thought, DOGE is dismantling the IRS, so who is left to process my tax filing?

After a major tax increase two years ago and then a more modest tax hike in the fall of 2021, Waltham taxpayers are looking at significant decrease in their 2022-2023 (Fiscal Year 2023) property tax bills. 

Owners of Vergennes residential, commercial and rental properties will see overall property tax rates that have dropped about seven cents when they receive their bills in the near future.

This year’s municipal tax rate in Starksboro is the lowest it’s been in at least four years.

After a year that saw a more significant tax increase, Waltham residential taxpayers are looking at a more modest hike in their 2021-2022 property tax bills.

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