taxes?

[leafspice.livejournal.com]

Hi all,

This is the first year I've had to pay taxes in MA and was wondering where I can pick up a local income tax form? I've already paid my federal and state, but am unsure how local taxes work here. I haven't received any tax forms in the mail! Do these forms come from the city, county, or what? I'm from Pennsylvania, which has townships, so I'm a little lost as to who exactly will be taxing me!

Thanks a bunch.

Comments

[ron_newman]

There are no local income taxes in Massachusetts, only state taxes.

[komos.livejournal.com]

The Dept. of Revenue has MA tax forms available online (http://www.dor.state.ma.us/Forms/FormsMenu2.htm)

[srl.livejournal.com]

You can also get them at your local library.

[komos.livejournal.com]

And at the Federal Building downtown!

[ron_newman]

yeah, but s/he already filed her state taxes.

[komos.livejournal.com]

I congratulate you on your more immediately useful answer.

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

There are no city or county income taxes anywhere in MA. Unlike, say, Philly, which has a city wage tax.

[leafspice.livejournal.com]

Oh, great news! Thanks so much -- I feel like a dummy for not knowing there weren't any. Geez, and people in PA warned me about MA taxes - give me a break...at least they don't make you pay locally!

Thanks for all who replied. :)

[signsoflife.livejournal.com]

Don't feel dumb -- it can be very hard to acquire negative information without asking people directly.

[prunesnprisms.livejournal.com]

Yes well. We get taxed enough on other stuff--my excise tax on my car came yesterday.

[desiringsubject.livejournal.com]

yeah. what's that all about.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_meej_/]

My guess is, in theory it's about actually having the people with cars paying for the roads and so on. Not that I have any faith it usefully works out that way, though...

[cos]

MA is actually about middle of the road in terms of tax burden, among US states. The taxes most people have to deal with are state income tax, state sales tax, state meals tax, municipal property tax if you own real estate, and municipal excise tax if you have a car.

[mrpet.livejournal.com]

Also if you just moved you cannot efile with the state the first year.

[rxrfrx.livejournal.com]

if you have a car, you will soon receive an excise tax bill from the locality in which you reside. ditto if you own real estate.

[ayelle.livejournal.com]

I'm from PA too, and was confused the first time I filed in another state. My parents even warned me "don't forget to pay your local taxes." But there weren't any.