At 05:45 PM 5/4/99 -0400, you wrote:
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>> From: [log in to unmask]
>> To: Mawtclerk
>> Subject: Abatements
>> Date: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 3:32 PM
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>> Have any Boards of Abatement dealt with the issue of inability to pay and
>> if so how has your town handled the situation?
>>
>> Did you render an abatement for this reason and if so, did you request
>> specific information in writing to help you make your decision?
>>
>> Please let me know Thank you
>>
>> Barbara
>> Guilford
>
>Barb,
>
Barb- I have had many taxpayers in Siuth Burlington
say they couldn't pay, but somehow they do come up
with the payment when sale time comes. (g)
Seriously, if a taxpayer tries to make some payment
we accept that and hold off on the sale. I would never
abate the taxes for inability to pay--they are a lien
on the property and eventually a new buyer will have to
pay them off. If you write them off, you will never
collect.
ACt 60 presents a new problem--if you dont collect the
payment from a taxpayer for the state share, you will
be forced to borrow the money to pay the state. In
essence, everyone in town is now paying for the delinquent
taxpayers share.

Chuck ( who is a hard-nose when it comes to paying taxes)
South Burlington