Town of Raynham
Important information Regarding Your Tax Bill
Under “An Act to Address Challenges Faced by Municipalities and State Authorities Resulting From COVID-19,” Chapter 53 of the Acts of 2020, the Town of Raynham has adopted local options to extend due dates for real and personal property tax payments and applications for exemptions and a waiver of interest on certain municipal tax and other bills paid by June 30, 2020. See below.
- The due date of your real and personal property tax bill has been extended to June 1, 2020. June 1, 2020 is the new due date even if the due date for payment on your previously mailed tax bill is May 1, 2020.
- The due date for applications for property tax exemptions has also been extended to June 1, 2020. June 1, 2020 is the new due date even if the due date for applications on your previously mailed tax bill is April 1, 2020.
This extension applies to applications for the exemptions listed in the third paragraph of G.L. c. 59, § 59, including exemptions under clauses 17, 17C, 17C1/2 and 17D (seniors, surviving spouses, minor children of deceased parent); 18 (financial hardship – activated military, age and infirmity); 22, 22A, 22B, 22C, 22D, 22E, 22F and 22H (veterans, surviving spouses and surviving parents); 37 and 37A (blind persons); 41, 41B, 41C and 41C1/2 (seniors); 42 and 43 (surviving spouse and minor children of firefighter/police officer killed in line of duty); 52 (certain eligible seniors); 53 (certain eligible properties with septic systems); 56 (National Guard and reservists on active duty in foreign countries); and 57 (local option tax rebates). This extension also automatically applies to applications for residential exemptions under G.L. c. 59, § 5C, for small commercial exemptions under G.L. c. 59, § 5I and for deferrals under G.L. c. 59, § 5, clauses 41A (seniors) and 18A (poverty or financial hardship due to change to active military).
- The Town of Raynham has also voted to waive interest and other penalty for late payment of any excise, tax, betterment assessment or apportionment thereof, water rate or annual sewer use or other charge added to a tax for any payments with a due date on or after March 10, 2020 where payment is made late but before June 30, 2020. This applies to late payments of bills that have a due date of March 10, 2020 or after, when such bills are paid late but paid on or before June 30. This waiver of interest does not apply to bills with due dates before March 10, 2020 or if the bill is not paid by June 30.
NOTE – If Raynham Town Hall is closed on the June 1, 2020 extended due date for tax payments or filing of exemption applications as a result of the outbreak of the 2019 novel coronavirus or the declaration of a state of emergency issued by the governor on March 10, 2020, the due dates for tax payments and applications for exemptions are not extended – they will be due on June 1, 2020 even if Raynham Town Hall is closed. (See section 10(b) of the Act.)
FURTHER NOTE – PER ORDER OF THE BOARD OF SELECTMEN, RAYNHAM TOWN HALL HAS BEEN CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. THE TREASURER/COLLECTOR’S OFFICE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCEPT PAYMENTS AT THE WINDOW COUNTER DURING THIS TIME.
PAYMENT OPTIONS INCLUDE: DROP BOX LABELED “TAX PAYMENTS” LOCATED IN FRONT OF THE TOWN HALL ENTRANCE, MAILING YOUR PAYMENT USING THE REMITTANCE SLIP AND ENVELOPE ENCLOSED WITH YOUR BILL, OR USING THE TOWN’S ONLINE PAYMENT SYSTEM: UNIPAY
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING TAX PAYMENTS, PLEASE CONTACT THE COLLECTOR’S OFFICE: (508) 824-2702
FOR QUESTIONS REGARDING EXEMPTIONS AND DEFERRALS, PLEASE CONTACT THE ASSESSING OFFICE: (508) 824-2704
COPIES OF THIS NOTICE CAN ALSO BE FOUND ON THE TOWN OF RAYNHAM’S WEBSITE: WWW.TOWN.RAYNHAM.MA.US