Peter Manoogian, a Precinct 10 Town member developed a very useful tool that can help residents in their tax calculation concerns. The web-based tool is an online calculator that will allow residential taxpayers to assess values and easily calculate their own tax bills.

The online calculator will allow a residential property owner to see last year’s property value, this year’s current value, the dollar amount of increase or decrease and the percentage of increase or decrease.

The creation of the device is timely, especially when the average residential tax bill will undergo an increase around $300 because of the latest tax rate approved by the Board of Selectmen. Even so, some homeowners may see a decrease in their tax bills but it all depends on home value fluctuations and this online calculator can help people approximate an increase or decrease in their residential tax bill.

Here are directions for using the online calculator:

Step 1: Click HERE . It should lead to the town assessor website page and then “search for parcel”

Step 2: Enter your house number in the box that indicates ‘NUMBER’. Enter your street name in the box that says ‘STREET NAME’ after that. You only need to enter the street name.

Ex: if you live on Central Street, just enter the word Central. Then click “FIND PARCEL.”

Step 4: Click – ‘PARCEL ID Number’. It will begin with a 262.

Step 5: A new screen should pop-up. On the new screen find “TOTAL VALUE” for “CURRENT YEAR” and “PREVIOUS YEAR”  Make sure to write down the values on a piece of paper. Note that  you should be writing the numbers to the right of TOTAL VALUE.

Step 6: Click HERE and enter the Current Year and Previous Year values in the yellow boxes. Your old and new tax bill will automatically appear in the boxes to the right as will the dollar and percent change. You may have to arrow over.

For further questions and inquiries, contact Peter Manoogian HERE.

NOTE: Figure is based on the proposed minimum residential tax rate. Not for commercial properties.