Rep. Elissa Slotkin Receives Farm Tax Credit on Property Where No Farming Takes PlaceBradley Jaye 16 Aug 2024
Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) receives a farming tax credit on the property she claims as a home despite no agricultural activity taking place there.
The Democrat congresswoman and nominee for Michigan’s open Senate seat saves about $2,700 per year from the arrangement, the New York Post reported.
Despite the property’s designation as “agricultural-improved,” there are no applicable agricultural licenses in effect there, according to a public records request that the Post cited. Aerial shots of the property show a single-family home, woods, and fields but no farming activity.
According to the Post:
The property held the agricultural exemption before ownership changed hands to Slotkin. There are two ways a property can be classified agricultural, according to the Michigan State Tax Commission: If it already is, as in Slotkin’s case, or if 50% or more of a property is used for agricultural purposes.
It is possible for a homeowner to withdraw from the agricultural designation, by requesting a withdrawal in writing from the commission.
Slotkin’s father, Curtis, gifted the Holly, Michigan, home to Slotkin and her brother in May 2023 free of charge through a quitclaim deed, property records that the Post cited show.
An “agricultural-improved” designation can be given to a home with any “improvements, buildings, structures, or fixtures suitable for use in farming which are located on agricultural land.” The designation provides a homeowner with a 100 percent property tax exemption.
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