Thanks BillM223 for your reply - much appreciated! The assessor I spoke with believes that the information provided on the Tax Bill is all that they could possibly provide to me, and that's because it does show both a Land Value and a Bldg Value separately, which are added together to come up with the Total Taxable Value. However I haven't been able to find anything (using Google and/or reading the mass.gov website) that explains exactly HOW to adjust the tax paid if its more than 1 acre. I am just guessing that what I described is something like what I'd have to do!
Based on your suggestion, I'll see if I can find the value of an acre of unimproved land in my area and compare that to the Land Value shown on my tax bill, and see if there is much of a difference. But I'm wondering about your comment to then subtract 97% of that land value; I would think its more like 50%, since 1.97 acres is ALMOST 2 acres, and so if I can claim up to 1 acre I figured taking about half of the land value would be appropriate, but maybe I'm not understanding why you'd suggest 97%? If you don't mind clarifying that I'd appreciate it! Thanks very much again 😉
