Originally Posted by
TapTapTap
I suspect that the program is very similar in Connecticut and I doubt the yearly real estate taxes would decrease from $12,000 to just $8, especially if his residence is at the property.
Ken
Ken
Doubting is more fashionable then ever in the year 2022.
But
So is lying through the teeth with the grace of a gazelle.
I doubted significantly the above information about his tax break when he first told me. So much so, that I asked the sugar maker/property owner a second time what his tax break was, thinking that I must have mistaken the $8 for $8000. On the second ask I was told again that it went from 12000 dollars to about 8 dollars. The chickens were part of the deal as well, he informed me. And yes the chickens guarding the taps part by me was a joke. I doubt they are very effective.
He did not imply that there were any other stipulations involved. In fact he told me that I could get a similar break on my 1 acre and only needed about 50 taps on it to qualify. Again I doubt that too. But I did not even bother to see if I could take advantage of that situation. Even if I could, I consider it below the belt of the other residence in the town. Just me and the way I am wired. If others want to take advantage of that then fine.
He could be a fashionable Lier. But I do not see the point. He does not fit the form, and he sold his place last summer for 1.7 million and moved to his other place to live out his years.
Not sure what deal the new owner has set forth.
Hope this tells it like it is, cause if it don't, I got nuttin!
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