Coop-taxes?

[maine chicks]

Our town in Maine charges taxes on everything. A chicken coop, old ice house on the property, broken down shed, you name it.

 

[blueseal]

in my town any thing bigger than 49sq. ft has to have abuilding permit porch shed etc.ect.

 

[waynesgarden]

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Well, I hope you are the only one that would commit murder over a tax law you may not like.

Maybe you are only kidding, but there are a lot of wackos in this country that would take you serioiusly. Hard to tell anymore who is joking and who is advocating violence.

Wayne

 

[Hoot]

I just checked with code enforcement. In Florida, If it's considered a permanent structure. they tax it. Wooden floor sheds or other structures that can be relocated are not taxed.

I don't believe it! Florida got it right. That's once in a row.

Hoot

 

[Hoot]

Wayne;

Relax, I am just joking. And if I was going to take someones life, a live chicken would not be my weapon of choice.

Hoot

 

[FractalFarmer]

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Oh good. For a minute there, you had me worried. About the chicken!

 

[scooter147]

Here in Missouri any structure is subject to real estate tax. I have a 8 x 12 chicken coop and a 6 x 10 garden shed and I pay taxes on both. It's come to around $25 per year is all as out buildings are taxed at a rate less then residential or commercial buildings.

But here is the funny story, here in Missouri we also pay personal property tax on things such as vehicles, boats, motorcycles, ATV's and livestock. Pets are excluded from the tax. (real estates taxes here are not as high as most states so they have to get the money from somewhere).
So, two years ago when property in my area was being re-accessed apparently the accessor saw my chickens made a note and and checked my tax records and saw that I was not claiming them as personal property. So when I got my personal property tax bill last December much to my surprise I was being taxed on 22 chickens (I actually have 29, she can't count). The bill is itemized and I was to pay a whopping tax of $4.50 on my 22 chickens.
Well, keep in find that the tax is on livestock and not pets (those not kept for the intention of making a profit) so I scheduled a hearing to appeal my taxes. I appeared in front of the "tax person" and explained that my chickens were pets and not kept for profit. Believe it or not he made me provide a financial statement showing that I had no income and write a statement that they were kept as pets. When he requested this I looked at him and asked "you really are going to waste the tax payers money and have me schedule a new appointment and come back and take up someone's time for $4.50?" He's respone "it's the law"
My tax dollars at work!!!!!!

 

[omelette'smom]

Okay-if it's gonna be about $25 assuming the tax rate is about the same and our structures the same size than i won't bark so bad-it would take more than $25 to put my (new potential) coops on wheels. but the tax on chicken thing is bizarro! I hope she didn't go IN your coop!

 

[kristenm1975]

Wow, one more reason I'm a renter, not a homeowner. I had no idea such a thing existed, taxes on chicken coops and chickens. For heaven's sake. Makes a person think back rather wistfully to the days when our ancestors would send those asking for our money in that way out of town on a rail, tarred and feathered. Extreme perhaps, but boy, back then, Americans didn't take any sh*t and certainly didn't let their hard-earned living slip out the door with nothing to show for it.

 

[waynesgarden]

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As I recall, the roads never got plowed and the schools sucked back then.

No one likes paying taxes but no one likes not having the benefits we enjoy today either.

Wayne