Clallam:
Commissioners may slash tax break plan
"Conserve" your
farmland, get a tax break - but maybe not quite as much
by KEN SHORT
Clallam County, WA - 6/14/01 - Property owners who promise
to conserve their land as farmland may get much less than the
60 percent tax relief recommended under proposed amendments to
a county program.
Commissioner Steve Tharinger, D-Sequim, said Wednesday that
commissioners are poised to reduce conservation tax relief to
as little as 5 percent or 10 percent.
``I guess it's a fairness issue,'' Tharinger said. ``It's
something we'll look.''
The county Planning Commission had recommended a reduction
of 60 percent.
Planning Commission members are recommending amendments to
an existing program that could force the bulk of county
taxpayers to subsidize conservation tax breaks for owners of
acreage of 3.2 acres or more.
But the commission will still make the final decision on
the proposed tax shift.
A public hearing on proposed amendments to a conservation
farming category of the Open Space Land program is set for 10
a.m. June 19 at the county courthouse, 223 E. Fourth St., Port
Angeles.
from Peninsula Daily News, Clallam County, WA
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