{"id":566,"date":"2024-10-01T14:52:01","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T18:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestpolicy\/?page_id=566"},"modified":"2025-12-01T14:32:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T19:32:55","slug":"tax","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/forestpolicy\/projects\/tax\/","title":{"rendered":"Maine&#8217;s Tree Growth Tax Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Do you know about <strong>Maine\u2019s Tree Growth Tax Law<\/strong>? This program provides <strong>tax savings<\/strong> to forest owners like you. In a recent national survey of Woodlot owners &#8211; <strong>60% <\/strong>of woodlot owners were not familiar with state tax incentives for small forest owners.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, people in Maine who enroll in the Tree Growth program <strong>save an average of <em>70%<\/em> on property taxes <\/strong>when their land is enrolled in the program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is an opportunity to <strong>keep your lands wooded! <\/strong>Be part of the group that conserves Maine\u2019s forests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Your land is eligible to participate<\/strong> because you have, or could have:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A parcel containing at least ten acres of forest land<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A parcel used primarily for growth of trees, to produce forest products with commercial value.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A forest management and harvest plan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">You must file by April 1, 2025 to be eligible for the tax reduction next year.\u00a0<strong>To file you must<\/strong>: Return your completed application, which includes a section that <em>must be completed by a licensed forester<\/em>, to your <strong><em>Local Tax Assessor<\/em><\/strong> (organized towns and cities) or the <strong><em>Maine Revenue Service<\/em><\/strong> (unorganized townships).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">An application for the program can be found on the Maine Revenue Service&#8217;s webpage, accessible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/revenue\/sites\/maine.gov.revenue\/files\/inline-files\/treegrowthapp.pdf\">here.&nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.maine.gov\/revenue\/sites\/maine.gov.revenue\/files\/inline-files\/treegrowthapp.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">FREE FOREST MANAGEMENT PLAN OPPORTUNITY<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading566_d69eb5-6c, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading566_d69eb5-6c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading566_d69eb5-6c\"]{text-align:center;font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading566_d69eb5-6c mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading566_d69eb5-6c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading566_d69eb5-6c\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading566_d69eb5-6c img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading566_d69eb5-6c[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading566_d69eb5-6c\"] 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Caroline Noblet (caroline.noblet@maine.edu) or Dr. Adam Daigneault (adam.daigneault@maine.edu). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you know about Maine\u2019s Tree Growth Tax Law? 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