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http://records.co.hawaii.hi.us/weblink/D...?id=738319
Looks like
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28% increase for residential buildings: $7.10 to $9.10
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12.3% increase for residential land: $8.10 to $9.10
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31.5% increase for agricultural buildings: $6.35 to $8.35
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0% increase for agricultural land: $8.35 to $8.35
Are homes in Puna subdivisions which are zoned AG taxed at the AG rates or Residential rates?
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I live in HPP and we get the "homeowner occupant" rate, despite being zoned AG. The increase on agricultual buildings could be crippling to some small farmers, and the residential, non-owner occupied increase will be passed on to renters unless the property is in the affordable rental program.
The Mayor made a big deal about not increasing rates for owner occupants and affordable rentals, but the increases in other areas will cause hardships for quite a few people. I personally remain convinced that the County budget has not been sufficiently trimmed of fat. The $6M police shooting range gets mentioned a lot, but the bidding and contract enforcement on a whole range of public works projects is fundamentally flawed to the contractors benefit at the expense of the taxpayers.
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your tax bill has your zoning on it. ag land always remains ag land regardless of structure. what is interesting, is i know people who built "ag building" and then moved in and have a "homeowner" exemption on their taxes. eventually, the finance dept and the building dept are going to get together and figure this out. regardless of how horrid it all sounds....i remember when the tax rate was much much higher than it currently is, close to double. we still have cheap taxes but i do agree, still alot of trimming could be done, just today drove past 4 county workers on a one man job.....
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This is very bad news and very bad policy. This is not a small, incremental tax increase. This is a whopping 28-31% as values continue to head downward. Many of these homes are held by those in pre-retirement mode. We will feel this.
