I hate receiving certified letters in the mail you have to sign for, hate it.
Yesterday I received a certified letter I had to sign for that temporarily ruined my day and made it hard to sleep last night.
It was from the county auditor's office about taxes. I received their yearly letter for signing and returning to them in the month of January for farm/forestry tax program usage. I received it on a Friday and took it to the auditor's office to sign it in person the following Monday January 15th, 2025. Why the heck did they not say anything on the 15th? I have a small farm enrolled into a forestry management plan, and on January 15th, 2025 I re-signed the auditor's office paperwork on January the 15th, and they sent me a certified letter yesterday saying I had less than 30 days to file a new up dated plan, or my farm would be moved out of the forestry management increasing my land taxes by 50%. So, I contacted the forester I used, and he retired and sent me onto a new forester today. So, I am trying to head this issue off before the deadline. Sorry, this has occupied my mind until about 10 minutes ago when I was able to reach the new forester and get the new plan set in motion.
Regular forestry plans take a forester walking your forest and writing up a management plan for you to follow. Cost around $500 and is good for five years, but saves you 50% on you land tax, and it takes a couple months to get returned to you. So, the Auditors office put me in a time crunch that is unreasonable when they should have said something on January 15th.
Only by God's good graces was I able to get this started this morning and will be done within the time frame I was given.
Just airing my aggravation with the county government.
Thanks.
It was from the county auditor's office about taxes. I received their yearly letter for signing and returning to them in the month of January for farm/forestry tax program usage. I received it on a Friday and took it to the auditor's office to sign it in person the following Monday January 15th, 2025. Why the heck did they not say anything on the 15th? I have a small farm enrolled into a forestry management plan, and on January 15th, 2025 I re-signed the auditor's office paperwork on January the 15th, and they sent me a certified letter yesterday saying I had less than 30 days to file a new up dated plan, or my farm would be moved out of the forestry management increasing my land taxes by 50%. So, I contacted the forester I used, and he retired and sent me onto a new forester today. So, I am trying to head this issue off before the deadline. Sorry, this has occupied my mind until about 10 minutes ago when I was able to reach the new forester and get the new plan set in motion.
Regular forestry plans take a forester walking your forest and writing up a management plan for you to follow. Cost around $500 and is good for five years, but saves you 50% on you land tax, and it takes a couple months to get returned to you. So, the Auditors office put me in a time crunch that is unreasonable when they should have said something on January 15th.
Only by God's good graces was I able to get this started this morning and will be done within the time frame I was given.
Just airing my aggravation with the county government.
Thanks.
