BERLIN — The N.H. Board of Tax and Land Appeals has ruled the Berlin Board of Assessors acted improperly in granting themselves abatements. As a result, the Berlin board members have been ordered to pay the city the reductions in property taxes they received in tax years 2018 and 2019.
The Board of Tax and Land Appeals said it agreed with the N.H. Department of Revenue Administration that the substantial abatements Berlin board members Robert Goddard, Mark Eastman and Kem Rozek granted themselves and Rozek’s son, Thomas Rozek, were “not fair and reasonable.”
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