PROPOSED AMENDMENTS FROM PERSONNEL MTG OF 11/19/2018
O-18-029
ORDINANCE
INCREASING THE EXEMPTION AMOUNT FOR THE BLIND, ELDERLY, AND
DISABLED TAX EXEMPTIONS BY APPROXIMATELY 25% TOTAL OVER THE
NEXT TWO YEARS
CITY OF NASHUA
In the Year Two Thousand and Eighteen
The City of Nashua ordains that Part II “General Legislation”, Chapter 295 “Taxation”
be amended by deleting the struck-through language and adding the new underlined language as
shown:
1. In Article I “Exemption for the Blind”, Section 295-1 “Tax exemption granted”:
Ҥ 295-1. Tax exemption granted.
The provisions of RSA 72:37 are adopted and every inhabitant of the City who is legally
blind, as determined by the Blind Services Department of the Vocational Rehabilitation
Division of the Education Department of the state, shall be exempt each year from
taxation upon his or her residential real estate to the value of $45,000 $85,000 in the tax
year beginning April 1, 2018, and $94,000 in the tax year beginning April 1, 2019.”
2. In Article II “Exemption for Elderly Persons”, Section 295-3 “Elderly exemption
granted”:
Ҥ 295-3. Elderly exemption granted.
A-——The City of Nashua hereby adopts the provisions of New Hampshire Revised
Statutes Annotated 72:39-a and 72:39-b, as they may be amended from time to
time, relative to elderly tax exemptions. The optional exemption, based on
assessed value, for qualified taxpayers, shall be as follows:
(1) Fora person 65 years of age up to 74 years of age: $455,990 $175,000 in
the tax year beginning April 1, 2018, and $192,000 in the tax year
beginning April 1, 2019;
