HB147

This bill is excellent in its careful wording that is inclusive of all kinds of circumstances that have been used recently to discredit the protection from taxing charities. There is only one sentence that probably was a compromise, limiting non-taxed property to $150,000. Since the value of money changes, the only saving grace is that the bill allows a community to change that amount. In my book, it should be amended out. The bill clearly says any income generated is not taxed as long as it contributes to the goal of the charity/non-profit.

I am in full support of this bill, especially towards the purposes of being efficient and save on taxes and spending.

I believe we should be saving tax money by making our processes more efficient.

I am in full support of this bill especially towards the purposes of being efficient and save on taxes and spending.

I support this bill! Please pass it!

It's about time that a Bill like this is brought before the legislature to ensure schools and religious organizations are exempt from taxation.

In support of this bill

I am in full support of this bill especially towards the purposes of being efficient and save on taxes and spending.

I am in full support of this bill especially towards the purposes of being efficient and save on taxes and spending

I am in full support of this bill especially towards the purposes of being efficient and save on taxes and spending.

I am in full support of this bill especially towards the purposes of being efficient and save on taxes and spending.

I support this bill for the purposes of saving on taxes and spending, and promoting efficiency.

I am in full support of this bill especially towards the purposes of being efficient and save on taxes and spending.

I would like to see us save more tax dollars.

I support this bill. This bill allows for clarity and sets a clear standard when applying RSA 72:23 unlike the ambiguity in its current format that causes difficulty for both towns and property owners to decipher. The current language "appertaining to" is ambiguous and has caused each individual town to make a determination that is not uniform. In addition, it costs towns money for their assessors to make this determination ad hoc, and likewise costs both parties when litigation ensues. In addition to my in-person testimony today about cemetery land designated for people yet to be buried, even a second floor church bathroom was called out and taxed. See 163 N.H 622 (2012). Please pass this bill. Thank you, Gretchen Wade, Esq.

I’m interested in saving our tax money by making processes more efficient, as well as creating less silly hoops for organizations to jump through so they can remain focused on the work they’re committed to that poor back into our towns.

I believe that this bill is needed to simplify the assessing process for non profit, educational, religious and charitable organizations. This simplification will end up saving these organizations as well as municipalities time, money and resource.

I believe this is beneficial for municipalities as well as non-profit in cutting expenses.

As a member of the community I have witnessed the extreme hoops that a church has to go through to maintain their exemption status. Local offiials have gone to the extremes of walking the premise and making their own determination of what parts of buildings should be considered used for religious purposes. The entire property is being used for religious purposes, if that is what the organization was created for. My church has been in existance for 50 years, and over the past years the local officials have made it harder and harder to be within the community as scripture says.

Hi. I work for a large state-wide nonprofit human services organization that provides a huge array of social services and healthcare services to the poor and vulnerable across NH. We run the NH Food Bank, serve a large Medicaid population in our 7 nursing homes and senior independent apartments. We also offer transitional housing for veterans and moms (and children) in recovery, sliding-scale counseling, no-fee light & intense case management at our 8 district offices, Caregivers and Monadnock-at-Home programs that serve fixed income seniors with free transportation to medical appointments and food delivery. This is just a sample of our outreach. We receive referrals from CAPs and city/town welfare departments and annual provide just shy of $24 million in free or reduced-cost services to our clients. To tax us on top of the what we already generously contribute to the many communities of which we’re an integral part would force us to either cut services or begin to charge or raise fees. This would be akin to instituting a regressive tax where the ones who need our services the most are the same ones who would be most severely affected. This is really, really bad policy to go after nonprofits this way.. Thank you.

https://www.billtrack50.com/billdetail/1764836 Looking to support this bill and to clarify tax exemptions for properties used by religious, educational, and charitable organizations.

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