Your tax dollars turn on WGBH

Should large nonprofit organizations be expected to pitch in Payments in Lieu of Taxes to pay for the services they use?

Since the public broadcasting behemoth moved to its tax-exempt headquarters four years ago, it hasn’t paid a red cent to the city for its fair share of services, including snow-plowing and fire and police protection. The last time the nonprofit station voluntarily paid any money to the city, in 2007, it cut a check for just $10,517. But under Mayor Thomas M. Menino’s payments in lieu of taxes plan (PILOT), the station’s voluntary contribution could be about $245,000 a year. [Full Article: Boston Herald]