I recently purchased my home. When will the tax bill be sent in my name?
By law, the real estate tax bill must be addressed to the owner of record as of January 1st for following fiscal year, which starts July 1st. As a courtesy, the Assessor’s Office put an “in care of” as soon as the office receives a deed. For Example: if you buy a house after January 1, 2017, the old owner’s name will appear on the bill until the end of the fiscal year, which is June 30, 2018. Your name will be on the bill for the July 1, 2018 bill. Regardless of whose name appears
on the bill it is the responsibility of the current legal owner to make sure that the tax bill gets paid on time, whether or not they receive a tax notice.

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1. When is the filing deadline for Real Estate & Personal Property Abatement Applications?
2. What year sales does the Assessor use to determine the Assessed value of my property?
3. What does my assessment represent?
4. Once I receive an Elderly Exemption does it automatically renew or do I need to file a new application every year?
5. When is the filing deadline for Elderly Exemptions?
6. I am elderly and cannot afford this tax bill. Can’t the assessors lower this assessment because I am elderly?
7. I recently purchased my home. When will the tax bill be sent in my name?
8. My assessment increased more than 2.5%. Doesn’t Proposition 2½ limit the amount my assessment can increase?
9. What do the assessors look at when determining an assessment?
10. Why do the assessors want to see the interior and exterior of my property?
11. I am a young person who grew up in Framingham and cannot afford this tax bill. Why can’t the assessors lower this assessment because I cannot afford to live in Framingham?