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compared to surrounding states. According to a study from the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and commissioned by the Georgia Forestry Foundation’s Center for Forest Competitiveness, Georgia’s forestland property tax is among the highest in the South at an average of $6.65 per acre. Average property tax elsewhere in the South isn’t close. Of eight surrounding states, the lowest average rate is Arkansas at $1.25 per acre and the highest next to Georgia is $3.07 per acre in Virginia. Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina and South
Carolina fall between the two.
In addition, conservation programs
AR
VA
$3.07
NC
$1.60
SC
$2.75
FORESTLAND PROPERTY TAX/ACRE IN GEORGIA IS THE HIGHEST IN
THE SOUTH
such as CUVA and FLPA don’t work for
every forest landowner. Land enrolled in $1.25
CUVA must be owned by an individual MS AL or a family partnership — corporate $2.70 $2.00 ownerships or non-family partnerships LA
do not qualify. Corporate and non-family
owners do qualify for FLPA, but if the
land is less than 200 contiguous acres,
they cannot qualify.
The result is 4.7 million acres of “rural woodland” in Georgia that are not covered by one of the conservation programs. Those landowners pay up to $15.42 per acre on average.
GA
$6.65
4.7 million acres of land not enrolled in CUVA or FLPA pay
$2.20
$15.42 PER ACRE on average
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