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Owners press county over depreciation, feedlot and home classifications during Banner County tax protest hearing
Summary
Several property owners used the July 8 Board of Equalization hearing to press the assessor and board for clearer, more consistent depreciation, to dispute the $3,000/acre treatment of commercial feedlots, and to reclassify portable or transient housing that they said should not be valued as permanent modular homes.
Several property owners used the July 8 Banner County Board of Equalization hearing to press for more consistent depreciation schedules and to challenge how the county values certain farm-site features and nonpermanent housing.
Why it matters
Owners told the board they see inconsistent depreciation and classification practices across parcels in the county: the same types of outbuildings and portable structures can appear with markedly different depreciation percentages on assessor cards, they said, and that lack of parity produces inequitable tax outcomes. Several protesters asked that depreciation be applied according to documented age, condition and cost rather than by ad hoc estimates.
Key concerns raised
- Depreciation and equalization: Lisa Brenner, representing…
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