| u buy land for sale in Texas beware if you | | | | new owner of the land with that tax burden, how |
| change the use of the land you could become | | | | fair is this. |
| responsible for tens of thousands of dollars in | | | | I have yet to get anyone in the county appraisal |
| taxes that have nothing to do with you. | | | | district office to explain to me how this could |
| If you are in the market for some nice pasture, | | | | possibly be fair, the only thing you will here from |
| ranch, or hunting land for sale in Texas you may | | | | them is do it and pay us. What I don’t |
| want to sit up and read this carefully. In Texas | | | | understand is how the Texas legislature could let |
| the tax base is lowered dramatically for what is | | | | this go on but that’s a discussion for |
| called Ag land or agriculture land, this is to give | | | | another day like so many things. I advise you if |
| farmers and ranchers a much needed tax break | | | | you are looking for land for sale in Texas and it |
| and I have no problem with this tax relief for | | | | does not matter what county in Texas you need |
| them and most Americans do not have a | | | | to make sure of the use of the land, how the |
| problem with it either. In Texas there is a little | | | | Texas County Appraisal District Office has the |
| known tax law or tax code that you will not be | | | | land valued now and over the past five years and |
| told about by the local County Appraisal District | | | | if it has been in Ag exemption you need to keep |
| until its to late, it is call a roll back tax and if you | | | | it that way or find another tract of land. |
| get charged by the Texas County tax assessor it | | | | I will give you one example on a land tract I |
| could bankrupt you depending on the value of the | | | | bought less than an hour from Dallas all we did |
| land you bought and what the tax bill would have | | | | was put a bulldozer on the property and clear the |
| been over the previous five years for the land. | | | | fences that were all grown up and clear out some |
| If your wandering yes you did here me right the | | | | of the mesquite trees that you can’t |
| Texas County Tax Collector will charge you the | | | | even drive a tractor over without busting a tire. |
| new owner of the land not the old owner that | | | | This was enough for the Appraisal District to hit |
| was in possession of the land and yes I did say | | | | us with over a $ 75,000.00 dollar tax bill for what |
| five years worth of back taxes on your land for | | | | the taxes would have been had it been |
| sale in Texas. Want to know all you have to do | | | | commercial the previous five years so we had to |
| to get nailed with this tax, just change the use of | | | | run fast to our attorney to get out of that one |
| the land from agriculture to anything commercial | | | | and it was because we had a good attorney. |
| or just not with the Texas Ag exemption. If you | | | | So if you are looking at land for sale in Texas, |
| do change the use of the rural land the Texas | | | | make sure of your land use prior to closing and |
| County Collector will calculate what the tax bill | | | | signing a contract, if it is in Ag exempt keep it |
| would have been for the previous five years and | | | | that way or be prepared to pay dearly. |
| yes again that was five years and hit you the | | | | |