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2025 Second Half Tax Bills

Bills were mailed out on the 18th of November and were due on the 18th of December.

If you have not received a bill, please contact the office, and we will get that out to you.

603-640-3201

The Tax Collectors' office is open to the general public Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm.

The office will be closed on Thursday, December 25th & Friday, December 26th, for Christmas, as well as New Year’s Day, January 1st.  

NOTE:  remember that you can pay your bill online and also sign up for auto payments


How is the Tax Rate Set?

Property tax rates are set for every community each fall by the Department of Revenue Administration (DRA) in Concord. To do the calculation, each municipality must send in its total assessed value, exemption and credit figures, and the municipal budget approved at Town Meeting. The local school districts (Hanover and Dresden) and Grafton County will send in their respective budgets, and the Legislature sets the state education figure. Once all the items are received at the DRA, a rate can be calculated.
The tax rate is computed by dividing the total of the budgets by the total taxable assessed value of the Town. For example, if the total of all the budgets is $100,000 and the total taxable assessed value of the Town is $1,000,000, then the tax rate would be $10 (100,000 ÷ 1,000,000 = 0.10 or $10 per thousand). Though this example is oversimplified, it does provide a realistic model of the process. While your assessment may have increased, this does not mean your taxes will increase by the same percentage.

 

2025 Tax Rate Breakdown



2025 Tax Rate Calculation



Municipal

 $12,918,246 

26%

 $  3.30 

County

 $4,394,794 

9%

 $  1.12 

Local Education

 $28,305,684 

57%

 $7.23 

State Education

 $4,394,500 

9%

 $1.13 

Total

 $50,013,224 

 

 $12.78 

With Fire Districts

 

 

 

Fire District #1

 $3,159,116.00 

 

 $13.91 

Fire District #2

 $1,148,026.00 

 

 $13.84 

Fire District #3

 $17,502.00 


 $13.30 

Total

 $4,324,644.00 

 

 

 

Sample Tax Burden in Fire District#1


House Assessment

2023 Rate
 $18.50

2024 Rate
 $19.27

2025 Rate 
 $13.91

$500,000

$9,250

$9,635

$6,955

$750,000

$13,875

$14,453

$10,433

$1,000,000

$18,500

$19,270

$13,910


How do I learn more about the change in the assessed value of my property?

https://hanovernh.org/955/2025-Town-wide-Revaluation

Tax Rate History

*Town-Wide Assessment Revaluation Year
    2025 * 2024 2023 2022 2021 * 2020 2019 2018
County 1.12 1.43 1.40 1.37 1.60 1.81 1.89 1.93
Town 3.30 4.64 4.39 4.15 4.00 4.44 4.34 4.26
Local School 7.23 10.00 9.75 9.62 8.95 10.40 9.97 9.27
State School 1.13 1.61 1.52 1.27 1.72 2.03 2.25 2.32
Base Rate = 12.78 17.68 17.06 16.41 16.27 18.68 18.45 17.78
Fire District 1 (Total Rate)  13.91 19.27 18.54 17.79 17.64 20.21 19.93 19.23
Fire District 2 (Total Rate) 13.84 19.10 18.38 17.65 17.47 20.03 19.76 19.06
Fire District 3 (Total Rate)  13.30 18.39 17.73 17.03 16.81 19.36 19.11 18.42

General Tax Information

Values are determined as of April 1st each year

Property Tax Year is April 1 to March 31. Bills are generally mailed out on or around June 1 and November 1 to be due 30 days later on or around July 1 and December 1. 

Application Deadlines - 

Visit our Assessing Department page for more information and forms.

  • Abatement Application (after final tax bill), due by March 1
  • Tax Deferral Application: (after final tax bill) due by March 1
  • Applications for Exemptions and Credits: Due by April 15
  • Appeal of Application to State: Due no later than September 1
  • Current Use Application: Due by April 15

Related Documents

Mailing Address Change Form

  1. Request for Address Change (PDF)