I want to point you to Mike Martin’s The Columbia Heart Beat blog to read this article he published a little while ago.
“The Columbia City Council has voted to question Boone County assessor Tom Schauwecker about large property tax breaks his office provides developers that appear unjustified at best; egregious at worst. The breaks appear to violate or misread a state statute designed to help working farmers.”
Source: The Columbia Heart Beat
The article goes on to say that some Columbia developers who own property that is zoned for agricultural uses, but not being used for farming purposes are getting a break on property taxes. The break comes under a Missouri statute that allows “working” farmland to qualify for a lower tax rate. The law does not allow for the same tax break based on zoning, Martin reports.
Click here to read more from his post.
The Stone Quarry 