ORIGINAL: Bob H in NH
ORIGINAL: dtabor
Bob, I believe the current use restriction is the same in VT, just another "penalty" for owning land and posting it. Im not up on current use, but isnt the purpose of it to keep it wild and not develop it? THAT is why they lower your taxes for doing it...yet if you want your land to be YOURS, they penalize you and raise your taxes.
the idea of current use, as I understand it, is to encourgage land owners to keep the land open for recreational activities, including hunting.
However if the landowner wants to restrict it, which is his right, he doesn't get current use status and pays "normal" taxes. I don't view this as a penalty for posting, but a bonus for not posting.
I got ya Bob on your reply back to me, thanks and agree whole heartily that if the land owner doesn't post the property,
but tells you to get off his property you must abide...
To clarify the current use for "NH", the way I understand it is...
First off, there are multiple "current use" tax breaks available to land owners.
The one I am familiar with is the "recreational ~ current use" tax break.
It states that the land owner has to allow hunting, fishing, hiking, etc., and for this, the land owner is granted the highest
tax break in the current use program. The land owner can post his land if it is deemed a threat to the area,
like a field that has cows or horses in it, etc., but has to be approved from the town.
If the land owner does post his land without any approval, in essence illegally/stealing gov. money under the "recreational" current use tax program, he will be stripped from this tax break program and can re-apply in 3 years.