February 26, 2024
By: Dwayne Page
DeKalb County Assessor of Property Shannon Cantrell reminds you that March 1 is an important date for business owners and March 15 for applicants of the Greenbelt Program.
“March 1 is the deadline for personal property schedules. Anyone who owns a business needs to have those turned in or postmarked by March 1. If you do not turn one in at all or it is not turned in by March 1, there are penalties after that deadline. We want you to avoid those penalties, if possible,” said Assessor Cantrell.
“March 15 is the deadline for Greenbelt applications. If you do not have your form turned in or postmarked by March 15, you will not be able to qualify for the savings for the 2024 tax year,” said Cantrell.
“If you are already enrolled in the Greenbelt program, you do not have to reapply. However, if you have purchased property, added acreage to your farm, or had a name change within the last year and seek to enroll in the Greenbelt program, you need to apply by March 15 in order to get the 2024 savings. In addition to not receiving the 2024 savings, there could be a rollback tax that might apply as well. A rollback tax is the savings received on the property for the previous three years,” Cantrell said.
“Basic requirements for the Greenbelt application are that you must own a minimum of fifteen acres and be actively farming a minimum of fifteen acres and are able to produce some kind of agriculture product to the gross amount of $1,500 per year. Also, if you own fifteen acres and you do not have an agriculture product, your land may qualify under forestry. Requirements under the forestry program include a forestry plan written for the property.”