The residential exemption would lower the tax burden of West Tisbury town residents, but could result in higher bills for people who own second homes or rental properties in the town.
The Oak Bluffs select board voted last week to adopt a 15 per cent residential tax exemption for fiscal year 2024, lowering property taxes on homes that are a person’s primary residence.
While the average payment in West Tisbury would have increased around eight per cent on each bill if spread across all four quarters, residents had to contend with the entire year’s increase in just the final bill.
Property tax filing deadlines have been extended to June 1 in all six Island towns.
Edgartown selectmen voted Friday to extend the property tax filing deadline to June 1.
West Tisbury became the second Island town this week to extend the property tax filing deadline to June 1.