REPORT: Foxborough Ranks Eighth Among Most Expensive Towns in Area
A report in the Boston Business Journal compares Foxborough's tax rates with neighboring towns.
According to the Boston Business Journal, Foxborough compares favorably to some of its neighboring towns in terms of commercial industrial tax rates, ranking as the eighth most expensive town compared to Sharon, Mansfield, Wrentham, Norfolk, Norton, Franklin, Easton, Plainville, Norwood and Brockton. In November, Foxborough's Board of Selectmen voted 4-1 in favor of keeping a split-tax classification rate for the second straight year. The new tax rate, which shifts just over 1 percent of the burden to local businesses, will increase residential taxes by six percent or roughly an increase of just over $300. The new residential rate per $1,000 valuation is $14.54, up from last year's $13.73, which ranked eighth among 11 towns in the area. …
Sol
2:24 pm on Monday, December 10, 2012
So if I'm reading this correctly then Foxboro is 8th out of 11? Why not just say it's the third least expensive? more ›