GiddingsHill,
I think that you should contact the VT Tax Dept about being taxed on the buildings because you don't make 50% of your income from agriculture. I have been in the current use program since 2005 and made a lot more money in my real job than I ever made sugaring. I have never heard of the 50% of your income rule related to Current Use and taxing your agriculture buildings. If your property is used for agriculture or forestry purposes as required under the Current Use Law, all forestry and agriculture (Maple sugaring) buildings are exempt from taxes and building permit requirements (except property line set backs). Your land in current use is taxed at about 4% of its real appraised land valve. My land tax would be about $1,900. instead of $83. if the land was not in current use. In Vermont, you do not need State permission to build forestry or agriculture related buildings on land enrolled in current use.
Joe
2004- 470 taps on gravity and buckets
2006- 590 taps on gravity and buckets 300 gph RO
2009- 845 taps on vacuum no buckets, 600 gph RO
2010- 925 taps on vacuum new 2 stage vacuum pump
2014- 3045 taps on vacuum, new 1200 gph RO
2015- 3104 taps on vacuum
2017- 3213 taps on vacuum
3' x 10' oil fired evaporator with steamaway