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Ways & Means debates taxing mixed‑use land tied to short‑term rentals
Summary
Legislators reviewed language from Act 73 that would apportion tax rates on mixed‑use properties by building use, using a bakery plus short‑term rental example to argue whether land should be split proportionally and how attestation and assessment would work.
Members of the House Ways & Means Committee on Feb. 4 examined how language in Act 73 would classify mixed‑use parcels and how that classification would affect property taxes.
Kirby Heating, legislative counsel, used a 30‑acre hypothetical to show the mechanics: a 2,000‑square‑foot building with a 1,500 sq ft bakery (75%) and a 500 sq ft short‑term rental (25%). “75% of the value would be, tax using the non homestead nonresidential rate, and 25 of the value of the building will be taxed as nonhomestead residential rate,” Heating said, describing the draft text. He added that, under the version before the committee, the underlying land’s value would be split on the same proportional basis so…
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