Join us at our Nov. 1st meeting to make a tax reduction strategy
We’ve talked for years about the burden that our property taxes (over $7,000 per year) place on our budget. About 1/3 of our annual expenses are property taxes paid to Berlin! We’d love to reduce that burden. We’ll be talking about how to reduce or eliminate those at from about 5:30 to 6:30, after our usual business meeting on Nov. 1st. We’d like the expertise and input of our talented membership, and all who want to see our Grange and Hall thrive!
Can we:
get Berlin to reduce our taxes? As in all towns, the Town Meeting would have to vote to reduce or eliminate our property taxes.
transfer legal ownership to a tax-exempt non-profit? The Grange is a “fraternal organization”–a non-profit which is not automatically exempt from property taxes.
come up with more strategies–and plans to actually pursue them?