O.C.G.A.

O.C.G.A. § 48-5-504 (2019)

Self-propelled farm equipment as subclassification of motor vehicle for ad valorem taxation purposes

✓ O.C.G.A. — 2019 edition (Public.Resource.Org Release 73)
Code text and O.C.G.A. statutory annotations on this page reflect the 2019 Official Code of Georgia Annotated (Public.Resource.Org Release 73, 2019-08-21; public domain per Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). The Syfert case-law annotations in Notes of Decisions, below, are current.
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(a) As used in this Code section, the term:

(1) “Dealer” means any person who is engaged in the business of selling farm equipment at retail.

(2) “Farm equipment” means any vehicle as defined in Code Section 40-1-1 which is self-propelled and which is designed and used primarily for agricultural, horticultural, forestry, or livestock raising operations.

(b) Self-propelled farm equipment which is owned by a dealer and held in inventory for sale or resale shall constitute a separate subclassification of motor vehicle within the motor vehicle classification of tangible property for ad valorem taxation purposes. The procedures prescribed in this chapter for returning self-propelled farm equipment for ad valorem taxation, determining the application rates for taxation, and collecting the ad valorem taxes imposed on self-propelled farm equipment do not apply to self-propelled farm equipment which is owned by a dealer and held in inventory for sale or resale. Such self-propelled farm equipment which is owned by a dealer and held in inventory for sale or resale shall not be returned for ad valorem taxation, shall not be taxed, and no taxes shall be collected on such self-propelled farm equipment until it is transferred and then otherwise, if at all, becomes subject to taxation as provided in this chapter.

History

Code 1981, § 48-5-504, enacted by Ga. L. 2003, p. 190, § 1; Ga. L. 2010, p. 878,

§ 48/HB 1387; Ga. L. 2015, p. 947, § 2/HB 374.

PART 6 AIRCRAFT HELD IN DEALER’S INVENTORY

Annotations

Editor’s notes. Ga. L. 2005, p. 1221, § 2/HB 211, not codified by the General Assembly,

provides that this part shall be applicable to all taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2006.