increase property tax assessments. Reassessment
is limited to occur once every ten (10) years. Only
elected officials should be able to raise taxes, not
appointed officials who are not held accountable
to taxpayers.
Taxes from farm and forestland, presently
and historically, generate much more in tax
revenue than they demand in services compared
to suburban and urban acreage. Therefore, we
support the pursuit of a fair and equitable property
tax law, for rural landowners.
When farm use valuation has been established
by meeting federal guidelines, we recommend
automatic renewal unless use or ownership
changes. WVFB recommends that the State Tax
Department enforce its current farm use valuation
policy uniformly across the state.
Timber from farm woodlots should be
considered an agricultural crop for the purposes of
farm use valuation. In the year that a timber sale
occurs and income from timber sales from farm
woodlots exceeds other agricultural production,
timber sales should be pro-rated or averaged by
the number of years since the last harvest, rather
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than on an annual basis when determining farm
use valuation.
We oppose any excess acreage tax as negatively
affecting agriculture or economic development.
We further recommend that retired farmers or
farmers approaching retirement age be encouraged
through tax incentives favorable with respect
to the landowner to keep their farmland in
production.
Farm Bureau supports legislation that would
allow property taxes to be paid on a monthly
installment basis at the option of the landowner.
MPACT FEES
I
Impact fees should be used in growth counties
for necessary infrastructure and for farmland
protection programs. The application of impact
fees should not be included in property values.
OOD TAX
F
WVFB supports reinstating the food tax as a
broad based tax.
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