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Pay  Taxes  Online 

Office of the Tax Collector, Kathleen Rossbach, Collector 978-597-1702

You may pay your Real Estate Taxes, Excise Taxes and Personal Property Taxes, on-line.

It is important to use the correct Fiscal year when making your payment. The year shown on your bill is the Fiscal year.   The actual calendar year and the fiscal years are not necessarily the same.

There are two ways you can pay your bill on-line.

1. Direct and secure transfer from your checking account. The amount you wish to pay is directly transferred from your checking account to the Town's bank account, and you are credited as making the payment. You must authorize each transaction. It is not automatic - you must authorize each payment each time you pay. You will be given instructions when you select this option. There is no charge for this service.   (NOTE: Do not use your Deposit Slip to verify your bank routing number, because it may contain your Bank's internal routing numbers that are not part of the actual ABA Routing Number.  If you are not sure of your routing number, please check with your Bank to verify the correct number.)

2. Payment via credit card. (Discover or MasterCard accepted)  This method of payment uses a secure web site, and the payment is charged to your credit or debit card.

     Note: there is a fee for using a credit card, you will verify the amount of the fee prior to authorizing any payments.

Note: Online payments via checking account or credit card can only be made for Current Tax Invoices.  Current Invoices which are not paid on time are taken off line five days after the due date, and will generate an INVALID response if you try to pay them online. 

To pay a past due Tax Invoice or an overdue Tax Invoice (Demand), you can send payment by mail or visit the Tax Collector's office in Memorial Hall.  Remember that past due tax invoices may be higher than the original amount, due to fees and interest. 

Important: When you enter your Bill Number do not include any of the letters (RE, PP, MV, etc.) that follow the bill number. Use only the numeric portion. Example: If your bill number is 5678 RE, use 5678 as your bill number.

Click Here to continue, and enter the on-line payment system.