OUR ORGANIZATION

• Division of Local Services
• Executive
• Bureau of Accounts
• Information Technology
• Local Assessment
• Databank/Local Aid
• Technical Assistance
• Municipal Finance Law

Welcome to

Massachusetts Division of Local Services Gateway

DLS Gateway offers local officials an immediate way to enter data and verify submission status across all the regulatory review programs administered by Division of Local Services. The following online services are currently available:

Public Reports and Database

• Municipalities with Approved Tax Rate
• Municipal Fiscal Year Recaps
• Municipal Proforma Recap
• Municipal Levy Limit
• Districts with Approved Tax Rate
• District Fiscal Year Recaps
• District Pro Forma Recap
• City/Town Official Directory
• LA3 - Parcel Search
• Corporation Book On-line Search

Free Cash Calculations Beginning in FY14

• City & Town Free Cash
• District Free Cash
• Regional School District Excess & Deficiency

Services for Authorized Local Officials

• Tax Rate Recapitulation
• Schedule A Annual Revenues & Expenditures
• LA3 Real Estate Sales
• Miscellaneous Accounting Forms

DLS Gateway is restricted to elected and appointed municipal officials that are entered in the Local Officials Directory. Your city/town clerk or someone already entered in your department can add you to the Local Officials Directory. Once that is done, the local system administrator in your community can create a username/password account for you that authorizes you to see and do certain things on the site, depending on you’re the responsibilities that go with your position. The system will not store the password in a form that can be seen by others, so, if you forget or lose the password, you will have to contact the local system administrator to re-set it. DLS plans to automate the password re-set process.

Your identity and permissions in DLS Gateway are specific to one community. If you perform functions in multiple communities, you will need multiple identities and authorizations. If you terminate a position in one community and begin a position in another, you will need a new username/password and permissions for the new community. The local system administrator in the community you left should inactivate your account there.