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Responding to a letter from commissioner of revenue Merle Scoggin, the Rappahannock supervisors indicated Thursday they would look favorably on legislation to remove local property taxes from household goods, farm machinery and livestock once the new 100 per cent fair market value assessment is completed.
Supervisor chairman E. P. Luke described the levy on household goods, farm machinery and animals as “inequitable and unenforceable" and agreed with Scoggin that only licensed machinery should be taxed locally as personal property.
He noted that, with this approach, according to the commissioner of revenue's Figures, small farming operations would face a slight tax increase while larger agricultural enterprises would benefit from lower taxes.
The commissioner of revenue’s letter indicated that assessing automobiles, trucks and other licensed vehicles at 100 per cent of finance value would compensate for revenue loss.
"People are not turning in honest tax forms," Luke maintained. “We just cleared up one case where they hadn’t paid since 1953,” he % said, adding that individuals involved had claimed they didn’t know they were responsible for local taxes.
“There’s no way to count the pieces of machinery and
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