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d) Notice of all unpaid bills. is sent to the Report,of t�he Registry of Motor Vehicles and thle are `mark-ecr"'for Mreasurer/Tax Collector non-ren'ewal of driver "s license. The Tax Collector is just t hat, , ,a collector o-f taxes,,, 19 From time to time, my staff and I are asked ques- He or she does not have the authority to abate any tions concerning property taxes. I have prepared the taxes, charges or interest m`tppoised by Massachusetts following on motor vehicle excise tax and will address General Laws. The only exception to. this riule is that. other taxes in future years. the Tax Collector may waive payment of interest.,. charges and fees that total five dollars or less on a tax Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 60A, impos- bill, es a tax on every motor vehicle registered in the Commonwealth. The registration of a vehicle triggers 4.- All abatement requests are,handled by the Board this tax. of Assessors and they must be applied for in a timely fashion. Example 1. You own a vehicle on January I st. 0 Sometime around February or March, you should a) On or before December 31 st of the year 0 receive a motor vehicle excise bill for the entire calen- next succeeding the year to which the excise relates, 0 dar year. On June 1st, you trade that vehicle in on a or new car and transfer the plates. This triggers a motor vehicle excise tax for theperiod June 1 st to December b)If the bill is sent after December I st of such 31 st. At this point in time you should contact the succeeding year,on or before the thirtieth day after the 0 Board of Assessors to see if an abatement ispossible bill is sent. on the first vehicle. 0 Example 1. Bill for 1991 excise is sent on March There are four important points to remember about 15, 1991. Abatement application must be received by 0 motor vehicle excise taxes: December 31, 1992. 0 1. All the information printed on the bill comes Example 2. Bill for 1991 excise is sent on from the Registry of Motor Vehicles. The bills are September 3, 1992. Abatement application must be printed from a tape received from the Registry, and received by December 31, 1992. neither the Tax Collector or the Assessors can change or alter this information. Therefore, it is of paramount Example 3. Bill for 199 1. excise is sent on importance to notify the Registry of any change of December 14, 1992. Abatement application must be address. received by January 13, 1993. 2. All motor vehicle excise tax bills must be either Respectively submitted, paid or abated or you will be unable to renew your dri- ver's license. Anne T. Shaw 3. Payments are made to the Tax Collector and are due thirty(30)days from the date of the mailing of the bill. Interest at the rate of twelve percent per annum accrues on all unpaid bills from the due date until paid. The following sequence occurs when bills are not paid. a)Demand bill is issued that is due in fourteen days and adds five dollars to the bill. b) Notice of Warrant is issued that adds fourF. - teen dollars to the bill. C) Warrant is delivered to the taxpayer that adds another fourteen dollars to the bill. .37