Deer Stand is done.

[tjintheshop]

My deer stand that I built this fall. In the county (WIS) that we live in, they can tax us on our perm deer stands but if they are on farm equipment then they cannot tax us. It is 8x8 and has new stairs in the back towards the pines. I just didnt remove the old stairs. The old stand was only 3x6 and was getting a little too small. Big momma black bear made it her home this summer so I had to rebuild anyway. Tore off the door and broke all the windows. Wife shot a nice cull buck out of it opening weekend. Dont have pics of the buck but neighbor has pics of the bear. I will try to get them and post on here.

 

[theboman]

Tax on a permanent stand?? Wow, I thought KY was bad! I'm glad they haven't heard that one! Do they have a person who goes around looking for stands? I'm sure I'd never let them know... it's a tree house... a big bird house... This country is SO messed up, but by golly it's still the greatest place to live,

 

[Robert_in_NY]

Nice stand. I am glad we don't have very many bears in this area and the few that are here live 10 miles away up in the hills and don't usually come down onto the flats unless they have something wrong with them.

I expect to get taxed on my tower as soon as the assessor finds out about it but I am not going to tell her about it till she asks me. You can see it from the road right now that all the leaves are off but its a long ways off the road.

 

[ToadHill]

I guess it depends on the community. The assessor in my area told me that no added assessment is done for sheds less that 8' x 10' if it's on a permanent location. If it is movable, like skids or (as in my case) an old hay wagon, they won't be assessed at all.

 

[Robert_in_NY]

I guess it depends on the community. The assessor in my area told me that no added assessment is done for sheds less that 8' x 10' if it's on a permanent location. If it is movable, like skids or (as in my case) an old hay wagon, they won't be assessed at all.

Our town doesn't require a permit to build anything less then 100 square feet but they still tax us if its a permanent structure.

 

[20 20]

nice job, just don't forget the NY state saying "we stay because we love paying taxes "

 

[EddieWalker]

I'm sitting here wondering if I'm the victem of a joke that you guys are all in on and just waiting for somebody like me to make a comment so you can hit me with the punchline.

Tax on a deerstand?

While I'm not descrediting anybodies building skills, deer stands are not what I'd call a real building. What do they tax you on? Improvement to the land? Living space? Strorage building? Mini Barn? This can't be real.

If there is a tax on it, is there a code on how to build them? or a legal definition of what a deer blind is and why it's taxed? What about a fort or treehouse for kids?

How does the taxing authority even know you have a deer blind? Arial pictures?

I just don't get it.
Eddie

 

[weldingisfun]

What Eddie said.
That makes no sense. Sounds to me like it is time to vote the members of your state's legislature out of office. They need an opportunity to get real jobs.

 

[jayste]

First, nice idea for a deer stand and congratulations on the harvest. Second, TAX, TAX, TAX.....!!!! I can get real political here but I know it'll do nothing but get this thread sidetracked and shut down. All that I'll say is it's the sign of the times! It took a lot less to get those old boys up in Boston to put on a tea party!

I used to hunt on a fellow that had a few old non-operable combines on his place and I have on occasion got in one on cold days and waited for old mossy to come by!

 

[ToadHill]

Eddie, &Welding: Welcome to the wonderful world of New York State! If it don't move tax it! If it does move tax it even more.