Tregor v. Board of Assessors of Boston

We are asked to reconsider the remedy available to a taxpayer who is a victim of disproportionate assessment. Under our decisions "a taxpayer has a right to have his assessment reduced so that it is 'proportional to the assessments of the class of property valued at the lowest percentage of fair cash value.’ ” Assessors of Weymouth v. Curtis, 375 Mass. 493, 501 (1978), quoting Shoppers’ World, Inc. v. Assessors of Framingham, 348 Mass. 366, 377-378 n.10 (1965). The Appellate Tax Board (board) applied that rule to the present cases, but expressed a preference for reduction of the assessment…