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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