Form Ab-3 - Application For Agricultural Classification Of Lands (Page 4 of 6) in pdf

Part II

(Based on Relationship to Family-Operated Agricultural Entity)

Owner’s Name__________________________________________________Date__________________

Please answer all of the following questions. (Instructions for each Part II question are found on the back of

this page.)

IMPORTANT- All income information will be held confidential by the Department. The decision of the Department

regarding this application is subject to appeal as set forth in 15-7-102 and 15-15-102, MCA. All sections of this form

must be legibly completed.

Are you requesting that the parcel(s) of land be classified, assessed and taxed as agricultural land?

Yes

If the answer is “yes”, go on to question 2; if the answer is “no”, there is no need to proceed further.

Is/are the parcel(s) farmed/ranched as part of a family-operated agricultural entity. If “yes”, please

Yes

list the ownership name of the family-operated agricultural entity.___________________________, and

Is/are the parcel(s) of land comprised of at least 20 acres, but not more than 159.9 acres? If “yes” it

Yes

contains ______________total acres, and

Is/are the parcel(s) within 15 air miles of the family-operated agricultural entity, of which this/these

Yes

parcel(s) is/are a part. If “yes”, how many air miles is/are the parcel(s) from the family-operated

agricultural entity?__________________________________________miles, and

Option 1

Are the property taxes on the parcel(s) paid by a family corporation, family partnership, sole

Yes

proprietorship, or family trust involved in Montana agricultural production? If the answer is “no” skip to

question #8. If “yes”, please answer the following question.

What is the name of the family agricultural entity that paid the property taxes on the parcel(s)?

_______________________________________________________________________________

Does/do the parcel(s) produce at least 51% of the owner’s Montana annual gross income from the sale

Yes

of agricultural products produced from the parcel(s). If the answer is “yes”, what % of the owner’s

Montana annual gross income is produced by the parcel(s)?_________________%, and

(Complete copies of the owner’s Montana Income Tax and Federal Income Tax Returns,

including all schedules, must be submitted with this application.)

Yes

Does at least 51% of the family-operated agricultural entity’s annual gross income (the entity paying

the property taxes on the parcel(s) in question) come from Montana agricultural production? If “yes”,

what is that %?________________%.

(Complete copies of the family operated agricultural entity’s Montana Income Tax and Federal

Income Tax Returns, including all schedules, must be submitted with this application.)

Option 2

Are you a shareholder, partner, owner or member of the family corporation, family partnership, sole

Yes

proprietorship, or family trust which owns the family-operated agricultural entity of which the parcel(s)

is/are an integral part? If the answer is “yes” , please list the type of relationship you have with the

family-operated agricultural entity.________________________________________,and

Does at least 51% of the annual gross income of the family-operated agricultural entity specified in

Yes

question #8 come from Montana agricultural production? If “yes”, what is gross income percentage

obtained from Montana agricultural production?_________________%,

(Complete copies of the family operated agricultural entity’s Montana Income Tax and Federal

income Tax Returns, including all schedules, must be submitted with this application.)

10.

Does/do the parcel(s) produce at least 51% of the owner’s Montana annual gross income from the sale

Yes

of agricultural products produced from the parcel(s)?_________________%.

(Complete copies of the owner’s Montana Income Tax and Federal Income Tax Returns,

including all schedules, must be submitted with this application.)

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