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County assessor wins wide set of tax exonerations; state "ag tourism" ruling reduces tax class for some farms and distilleries
Summary
Berkeley County Assessor Larry Hesse presented multiple tax exonerations across personal property, real estate and farm classifications and reported a state tax ruling that put four local distilleries onto the ag-tourism tax list, lowering their property tax class in some cases.
County Assessor Larry Hesse told the Berkeley County Commission that his office submitted a series of personal-property and real-estate exonerations and corrected tax classifications after proofing following the board of equalization. He said the office grouped exonerations and notified taxpayers in writing when adjustments affected already-paid bills.
Hesse presented seven personal-tax exonerations totaling $1,494.34 and seven personal-property exonerations totaling $2,546.56; both sets were approved by motion of the commission. He also presented 22 real-estate exonerations grouped as ‘‘group 1’’ totaling $22,783.56 and…
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