Enid Eckstein News Today

Given the budgetary challenges expected to result from the city’s eroding commercial tax base, councilors are taking a new look at modernizing a payment in lieu of taxes program arguably short-changed by Boston’s wealthy nonprofit sector.

Boston is losing out on hundreds of millions of dollars in property taxes due to the city's numerous tax-exempt institutions.

Boston's tax-exempt organizations make voluntary cash payments and create community programs meant to benefit residents, but critics say they're not giving enough for all they're getting.

Harvard Fails to Meet Boston PILOT Request for 12th Straight Year As Activists Seek Program Revamp | News | The Harvard Crimson

Advocates Call for Greater Accountability for Harvard and Other Nonprofits at Boston City Council PILOT Hearing | News | The Harvard Crimson

PILOT Action Group Hosts Forum to Call on Tax-Exempt Institutions to Invest in Cities | News | The Harvard Crimson

A statewide organization hosted a town hall on Thursday in support of two bills in the Massachusetts House to reform Payment in Lieu of Taxes programs. Massachusetts Action for PILOT, a coalition of local advocacy groups focused on reforming PILOT, invited elected officials and residents to discuss H. 3080 and H.D. 2068, the two bills intended to reform PILOT. Inspired by Boston’s current program, H. 3080 would create a local option for municipalities to adopt and enforce PILOT payments in wh...