IRS Closing Pittsfield Office

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PITTSFIELD, Mass. — The Internal Revenue Service is closing its Pittsfield office, located at 78 Center St., effect Aug. 26.

Area taxpayers seeking face-to-face help and information on federal tax matters can visit the IRS Taxpayer Assistance Center at the Albany, N.Y., IRS office located at 1 Clinton Ave., at the corner of North Pearl. It is approximately 45 miles from the Pittsfield IRS office.

The closure is part of a nationwide cost-cutting measure that will allow the IRS to release more expensive leased space in favor of underutilized vacant space.


“The IRS made a strategic business decision to close the Pittsfield IRS office as a cost savings measure,” said Peggy Riley, IRS spokeswoman for Massachusetts.

IRS continues to pursue strategies for the efficient use of IRS space as well as containment of our increasing rent costs. This closure of the Pittsfield IRS Office, including the Taxpayer Assistance Center, located at 78 Center St., Pittsfield, supports those goals.

Taxpayers can often get the tax information they need or resolve a tax problem without having to call or visit an IRS office.  Instead of calling or visiting an IRS office, taxpayers can often use IRS.gov to get the tax information they need or resolve a tax problem. They should always check IRS.gov for days and hours of service as well as services offered at the location they plan to visit.

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Pittsfield CPA Committee Funds Half of FY24 Requests

By Brittany PolitoiBerkshires Staff

PITTSFIELD, Mass. — A few projects are not getting funded by the Community Preservation Committee because of a tight budget.

The projects not making the cut were in the historic preservation and open space and recreation categories and though they were seen as interesting and valuable projects, the urgency was not prevalent enough for this cycle.

"It's a tough year," Chair Danielle Steinmann said.

The panel made its recommendations on Monday after several meetings of presentations from applications. They will advance to the City Council for final approval.  

Two cemetery projects were scored low by the committee and not funded: A $9,500 request from the city for fencing at the West Part Cemetery as outlined in a preservation plan created in 2021 and a $39,500 request from the St. Joseph Cemetery Commission for tombstone restorations.

"I feel personally that they could be pushed back a year," Elizabeth Herland said. "And I think they're both good projects but they don't have the urgency."

It was also decided that George B. Crane Memorial Center's $73,465 application for the creation of a recreational space would not be funded. Herland said the main reason she scored the project low was because it didn't appear to benefit the larger community as much as other projects do.

There was conversation about not funding The Christian Center's $34,100 request for heating system repairs but the committee ended up voting to give it $21,341 when monies were left over.

The total funding request was more than $1.6 million for FY24 and with a budget of $808,547, only about half could be funded. The panel allocated all of the available monies, breaking down into $107,206 for open space and recreation, $276,341 for historic preservation, and $425,000 for community housing.

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