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Section 2B and 3E of MGL Chapter 59

 Section 2B. Except as otherwise provided in section three E, real estate owned in fee or otherwise or held in trust for the benefit of the United States, the commonwealth, or a county, city or town, or any instrumentality thereof, if used in connection with a business conducted for profit or leased or occupied for other than public purposes, shall for the privilege of such use, lease or occupancy, be valued, classified, assessed and taxed annually as of January first to the user, lessee or occupant in the same manner and to the same extent as if such user, lessee or occupant were the owner thereof in fee, whether or not there is any agreement by such user, lessee or occupant to pay taxes assessed under this section; provided, however, that whenever under the constitution and laws of the United States the privilege of such use, lease or occupancy of real estate owned by the United States cannot be taxed as aforesaid, but a leasehold or other interest in such real estate or the ownership of or an interest in buildings and other things erected thereon or affixed thereto, may be taxed, such interest or ownership shall be valued, classified, assessed and taxed to the holder thereof to the extent permitted by such constitution and laws. Except as otherwise provided, a payment purporting to be in lieu of a local tax for a particular year on real estate subject to this section shall be applied in reduction of the tax assessed under this section for such year with respect to such real estate. Notwithstanding any contrary provision of section twelve C, unless there is a different agreement, no tax assessed under this section shall be retained out of rent or recovered under section twelve C.

No tax assessed under this section shall be a lien upon the real estate with respect to which it is assessed; nor shall any such tax be enforced by any sale or taking of such real estate; but the interest of any lessee therein may be sold or taken by the collector of the town in which the real estate lies for the nonpayment of such tax in the manner provided by law for the sale or taking of real estate for nonpayment of annual taxes. Such collector shall have for the collection of taxes assessed under this section all other remedies provided by chapter sixty for the collection of annual taxes upon real estate.

This section shall not apply to a use, lease or occupancy which is reasonably necessary to the public purpose of a public airport, port facility, Massachusetts Turnpike, transit authority or park, which is available to the use of the general public or to easements, grants, licenses or rights of way of public utility companies; to the property of the United States, or any instrumentality thereof, for which payments are made in lieu of taxes in amounts equivalent to taxes which might otherwise be lawfully assessed, in behalf of the United States or any instrumentality thereof; or to the property of the United States, or any instrumentality thereof, which is used by a manufacturing corporation so classified under chapter fifty-eight.


Section 3E of MGL Chapter 59

 

Section 3E. Whenever the Congress of the United States has so provided, a leasehold interest in real estate owned and leased by the United States and in buildings and other things erected thereon or affixed thereto shall be assessed and taxed to the lessee or his assigns to the extent so provided by the Congress

Payment of the aforesaid taxes shall not be enforced by any lien upon or sale of the said real estate but in the case of any leasehold subject to taxation as aforesaid the interest of the lessee or lessees or their assigns therein may be sold by the collector of taxes of the city or town in which the real estate is situated for the non-payment of the tax assessed as aforesaid in the manner provided by law for the sale of real estate for nonpayment of local taxes. Said collectors shall have for the collection of taxes assessed under this section all other remedies provided by chapter sixty for the collection of taxes by collectors of cities and towns.





 

Comments

Anonymous said…
The City does not make things easy. I spent two hours trying to find the lease, if anyone wants to read it the item is 10b on the January 12 2021 agenda, because it was so hard finding it I printed a copy. From the title you would not know it contained the lease.

Article X Taxes is the only section on property taxes and 10.3 PILOT Agreement refers to Section 16 of Chapter 121B. From reading it I think the ballpark should be paying taxes.
Anonymous said…
Before I forget, when I was researching the tax issue I stumbled upon that the City has a suite.
Anonymous said…
Since I am paying for the suite with my taxes who do I call to book it for my family or is it reserved for others more important than just us plan old taxpayers who are footing the bill.
Anonymous said…
We are now into our second season and we find out the City has a suite. It would be interesting to know who got to use it.