The church owns property. They want to build a church on it. It was taxed as commercial property. The taxes have accumulated. Can they still get a building permit?
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The church owns property. They want to build a church on it. It was taxed as commercial property. The taxes have accumulated. Can they still get a building permit?
Hello joan:
You're not going to have a lot of success attempting to get a building permit from a county that thinks it is owed taxes.
But, the church is exempt from taxes and shouldn't owe any. THAT is the problem I'd fix first, then you'll sail through the building permit process.
If you don't know how to DO that, you're going to need the services of a CPA or a tax attorney.
excon
I may agree but disagree with excon slightly
The department that issues building permits most likely will never check tax status. They look at the building plans, the zonning of the property and more.
First issue you can't build a church on commercial property if that is how it is zoned, so they first have to go to zonning and get it zoned for a church.
Second, why have they not changed the zoning and tax status, since if this was property for a church, they should not be paying taxes.
Next if this is property taxes, how much is due, how many years, and if more than two are you sure it was not sold by the state for taxes ?
I agree with Chuck there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fr_Chuck
That depends upon what the zoning ordinance says.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fr_Chuck
Also, the OP said it was "taxed as commercial property". He/she didn't say it was zoned as such.
In many places I think, church property tax exemptions only apply if the land is being used for church purposes. So, if it's undeveloped land, it may have been taxible even if owned by a church.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fr_Chuck
Also, of course, it may be that the church was required to to apply for the exemption and failed to do so.
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