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APPLICATION FOR FARMLAND ASSESSMENT
FORM FA-1
(REVISED 7/2011)
DIV. OF TAXATION
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N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.1 et seq.; N.J.A.C. 18:15-1.1 et seq. SEE INSTRUCTIONS ON REVERSE
COUNTY____________________________________ MUNICIPALITY_____________________________________ TAX YEAR____________________
SECTION 1 - IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION (Please print or type all information)
(1) Owner's Name ___________________________________________________
(9) Farm operator(s) other than owner:
(a1) Name ____________________________________________________________________
(2) Mailing Address __________________________________________________
(b1) Address __________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
(3) Telephone (
) ________________________________________________
(c1) Telephone (
) ___________________________________________________________
(4) Email Address ____________________________________________________
(a2) Name ____________________________________________________________________
(5) Land Location ____________________________________________________
(b2) Address __________________________________________________________________
(6) Block(s), Lot(s), Qual. No. ___________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________
(7) The land is [
[
[
] farmed solely by owner
] rented to farmer
] farmed by owner and tenant
(c2) Telephone (
(8) Is farm deed restricted to agriculture? Yes
No
) ___________________________________________________________
# of Acres _________
SECTION 2 - BREAKDOWN OF LAND USE CLASSES (All entries and totals must be accurate)
Insert the current year's acreage in the appropriate land use class. Indicate acres to the nearest hundredth (0.00) - DO NOT USE DIMENSIONS
REFER TO DEFINITIONS OF LAND USE CLASSES UNDER "INSTRUCTIONS"
ACTIVELY DEVOTED LAND
Acreage
(1) Cropland harvested
(1) _____________._____
(2) Cropland pastured
(10) All other land not devoted to agricultural or horticultural use.
(11) TOTAL NOT DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURAL OR HORTICULTURAL
USE (Sum of lines 9 & 10)
(10) _______._____
(3) _____________._____
(4) Non-appurtenant woodland
(See instructions before making entry)
(5) Appurtenant woodland or wetland
(See instructions before making entry)
(6) Acres used for: (don't include pastured acres)
(a) _________ (b) _________ (c) _________
(4) _____________._____
(12)TOTAL ACREAGE OF ALL LAND (Sum of lines 8 & 11)
(12) _______._____
(5) _____________._____
*If less than 5 acres, cite the municipality, block(s) and lot(s) of contiguous acreage in adjacent
municipality. __________________________________________________
(13) Is there a claim for land under:
(7) Acres used for renewable energy
(7) _____________._____
rehabilitating
(2) _____________._____
Acreage
(9) _______._____
(3) Permanent pasture
boarding
Don't include
acreage in #6
LAND NOT ACTIVELY DEVOTED
(9) Land under and land used in connection with farmhouse.
(6) _____________._____
Total a, b & c
training
(8) *TOTAL DEVOTED TO AGRICULTURAL OR
HORTICULTURAL USE (Sum of lines 1 to 7)
(8) _____________._____
(11) _______._____
Seasonal farm markets? Yes__________ No__________
Seasonal agricultural labor housing? Yes__________ No__________
(14) Is there a claim for land used for:
solar_____wind_____biomass_____
SECTION 3 – CURRENT YEAR FARMING ACTIVITY – Indicate acres to nearest tenth (0.0). Include Double Cropping, for example, two plantings on fifty acres should be reported as 100.0 acres.
INSERT CURRENT YEAR HARVESTED OR TO BE HARVESTED ACRES FOR LAND ONLY IN SECTION II
A. FIELD CROPS (Harvested Acres)
Acres
Trees & shrubs (nursery)...……….(30)
____________._____
Lettuce……………………….…(54)
____________._____
____________._____
Sod (cultivated)…….….…………..(31)
____________._____
Onions………………………….(55)
____________._____
Barley (grain)……………………………….(11)
____________._____
Christmas trees…….………...……(32)
____________._____
Corn for grain…………………………...….(12)
____________._____
Other:
Irrigated Acres……………………….….....(80)
____________._____
(specify)_______________________
____________._____
____________._____
Potatoes (white)……...….…….(58)
____________._____
Avg. No. of
Potatoes (sweet)…….….……..(59)
____________._____
Pumpkins..……………………..(60)
____________._____
____________._____
D. LIVESTOCK
Hay (other excluding salt hay)……………(16)
____________._____
____________._____
Livestock
Corn for silage……………………………..(13)
Hay(alfalfa)…………………………………(15)
Peas……………………….……(56)
Peppers(sweet)………………..(57)
____________._____
Oats (grain)…………………………………(17)
____________._____
All beef cattle…….…...……………(33)
__________________
Spinach…………………………(61)
Rye (grain)………………………………….(18)
____________._____
Dairy….…..…………………………(34)
__________________
Squash………………………….(62)
____________._____
Sorghum……………………………………(19)
____________._____
Dairy (young)…………….….……..(35)
__________________
Tomatoes………………..……..(63)
____________._______
Soybeans…………………………...………(20)
____________._____
Horses & ponies……………..…….(36)
__________________
Melons………………………….(64)
____________._____
Wheat……………………………………….(21)
____________._____
Sheep………………………….……(37)
__________________
Mixed and other vegetable…...(65)
____________._____
Swine………………………….……(38)
__________________
Other(specify):_______________
____________._____
____________._____
Bees (Hives)………………….……(39)
__________________
F. AQUACULTURE
Ducks……………………….....……(40)
__________________
Clams, oysters (other specify).(66)
____________._____
____________._____
Fur animals…………………….…..(41)
__________________
Fresh water, pond fish………..(67)
____________._____
Acres
Goats……………………………….(42)
__________________
Other:
Irrigated Acres…………………………….(81)
____________._____
Chickens (meat)..…………………(43)
__________________
(specify)____________________
Apples………………...………………...….(22)
____________._____
Chickens (layers)…………….……(44)
__________________
G. ANNUAL HARVEST OF
Blueberries…………………………………(23)
____________._____
Turkeys……………………………..(45)
__________________
Cranberries…………………………………(24)
____________._____
Other:
Cover Crops Planted:
(specify)_____________________________
Other Field Crops:
(specify)_____________________________
B. FRUIT CROPS (Bearing Acres)
Acres
____________._____
Cords, Board
WOODLAND PRODUCTS
Feet, Etc.
Fuelwood (cords)..…………….(68)
Grapes………………………………………(25)
____________._____
(specify)_______________________
Nectarines………………………………….(86)
____________._____
__________________
Peaches…...………………………………..(26)
____________._____
Strawberries…………………..……………(27)
____________._____
Acres
Pulpwood (cords)……...………(69)
__________________
Timber (Bd. Ft.)………………..(70)
E. VEGETABLE CROPS (Harvested Acres)
__________________
__________________
Other:
(specify)_____________________________
____________._____
Irrigated Acres…………………….(83)
____________._____
(specify)____________________
Asparagus………………………….(46)
Other fruit crops:
____________._____
H. LAND IN FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PROGRAM
__________________
Beans,lima…………………………(47)
____________._____
Name of Program __________________________________
Beans,snap………………………...(48)
____________._____
Program Number___________________________________
____________._____
Cabbage……………………………(49)
____________._____
Acres in Program……………...(73)
Acres
Carrots………………………..…….(50)
____________._____
I. RENEWABLE ENERGY
Irrigated Acres…………………….……….(82)
____________._____
Corn, sweet……………………...…(51)
____________._____
Solar…………………………….(74)
____________._____
Bedding plants……………………………..(28)
____________._____
Cucumbers…………………………(52)
____________._____
Wind………………………….....(75)
____________._____
Flowers (cut)………………………….…....(29)
____________._____
Eggplant……………………………(53)
____________._____
Biomass………………………...(76)
____________._____
Non-bearing fruit:
(specify)_____________________________
C. ORNAMENTAL CROPS
__________________
Acres
SECTION 4 - SIGNATURE AND VERIFICATION OF OWNER(S)
ANNUALLY FILE BY AUGUST 1 (SEE INSTRUCTION 2d)
The undersigned declares under the penalties provided by law, that this application, including any accompanying schedules and statements, has been examined by him (her) and
to the best of his (her) knowledge and belief is true and correct. Filing of this application is also a representation that the land will continue to be devoted to an agricultural or
horticultural use during the year for which farmland assessment is requested.
__________________________________________________ ____________________OR__________________________ ____________________ ____________________
Signature of Individual Owner or Co-owner
Date
Signature of Corporate Officer
Date
Corporate Name
(
) APPROVED
(
) DISAPPROVED
This application is
RESERVED FOR OFFICIAL USE
___________________________________
________________________________________________
Date
ASSESSOR
APPLICATION IN DUPLICATE TO BE FILED WITH ASSESSOR
TAXPAYER SHOULD RETAIN A COPY FOR HIS FILES
(IF ENTRY MADE IN SECTION II, LINE 4, COPY MUST ALSO BE FILED WITH DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION)
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GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS Farmland Assessment Act of 1964 (C. 48, P.L. 1964, N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.1 et seq., C. 201, P.L. 1986, C. 213, P.L. 2009, N.J.A.C. 18:15-1.1 et seq.)
1. APPLICATION-Only one Application for Farmland Assessment, form FA-1, in duplicate, should be filed with the municipal assessor on or before August 1 of the pretax
year: that is, the year immediately preceding the tax year for each farm comprised of contiguous land. If an entry is made in Section 2, line 4, Woodland Data form WD-1
must also be filed with the FA-1 application. Late or incomplete applications will be denied. At the assessor’s request, applicants must provide proofs of eligibility as to
ownership, land area, farming activity and gross sales. The FA-1 and WD-1 forms are prescribed by the Director of the New Jersey Division of Taxation. Lands in Farmland
Preservation Programs must still meet the criteria and filing prerequisites of the Farmland Assessment Act to receive preferential reduced productivity assessment.
Filing Extension-Assessors may grant an extension of time for filing an application, but no later than September 1 of the year immediately preceding the tax year, if the
assessor is satisfied that failure to file by August 1 was due to (1) the owner’s illness and a physician’s certificate stating that the owner was physically incapacitated and
unable to file by August 1 and the FA-1 form is filed with the assessor; or (2) the death of the owner or the owner’s immediate family member and a certified copy of the
death certificate and the FA-1 form is filed with the assessor by the owner or by the executor/executrix of the owner’s estate. “Immediate family member” means an owner’s
spouse, child, parent or sibling residing in the same household. (See N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.6d.)
2. QUALIFICATIONS-“Farmland assessment” means valuation, assessment and taxation under the Farmland Assessment Act. Land may be eligible for
“farmland assessment” when it meets the following:
a. The land has been actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use for at least 2 successive years immediately preceding the tax year for which “farmland
assessment" is requested. (See N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.6.)
b. The land area actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use is not less than 5 acres, exclusive of the land upon which the farmhouse is located and such additional
land actually used in connection with the farmhouse.
c. Gross sales, fees, or payments average at least $500 annually on the first 5 acres and average $5 per acre on acreage above 5 acres and $0.50 per acre on woodland
and wetland. (See N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.5.)
d. Application by the owner is filed on or before August 1 of the year immediately preceding the tax year. (See N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.13a and 54:4-23.6.)
SECTION 1-IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION-Complete items 1 through 9.
Item 1, "Owners’ Names”- List every individual, partnership or corporation having an ownership interest in the land.
Item 6, “Block(s), Lot(s), and Qual. No. ”- List block(s) and lot(s) comprising a farm unit of contiguous land from your tax bill; official tax map; or page(s) and line(s) from the
current year’s assessment list.
SECTION 2-BREAKDOWN OF LAND USE CLASSES-Complete items 1 through 14.
Item 1, “Cropland harvested”- is land from which a crop is harvested in the current year. It is the heart of a farming enterprise and represents the highest use of land in
agriculture.
Item 2, “Cropland pastured”- is land which can be used to produce crops but its maximum income may not be realized in a particular year.
Item 3, “Permanent pasture”- is land which is not cultivated because its maximum economic potential is realized from grazing or as part of erosion control programs.
Animals may or may not be part of this farm operation.
Item 4, “Non-appurtenant woodland”- is woodland devoted exclusively to production for sale of trees and forest products, except for Christmas trees which are Item 1,
Cropland Harvested. Woodland which is not “supported and subordinate” to land in classes 1, 2, or 3 should be item 4. Owners of class 4 woodland must submit a Woodland
Management Plan, scaled map of woodland activity & soil group classes, and other information. (See N.J.A.C. 18:15-2.7.)
Item 5, “Appurtenant woodland”- is woodland which is not devoted to production for sale of trees and forest products, but can be eligible for farmland assessment by being
contiguous to, part of, supportive and subordinate to, or "beneficial to a tract of land" which is 5 acres or more and otherwise actively devoted qualified farmland (Items 1, 2,
or 3). Woodland acreage less than the otherwise actively devoted qualified farmland acreage (Items 1, 2, or 3) may be considered “appurtenant woodland”. Woodland
acreage exceeding the otherwise actively devoted farmland may be "appurtenant woodland" when proof of its benefit to otherwise actively devoted farmland can be
substantiated to the assessor. (See N.J.A.C. 18:15-1.1.)
Item 6, “Acres used for boarding, rehabilitating or (livestock) training”- to be actively devoted to agricultural use must be contiguous to land which otherwise qualifies for
farmland assessment.
Item 7, “Acres used for renewable energy”- is solar, wind, or biomass energy generation 10 acres or less in area generating no more than 2 megawatts of power. The ratio of
acreage devoted to renewable energy generation facilities, structures, and equipment vs. agricultural/horticultural operations cannot exceed 1 part to 5 parts.
(See Chapter 213, Laws of 2009.) Also, fill out item 14 for type of renewable energy generated.
Item 9, “Land under and land used in connection with farmhouse”- is land on which a farmhouse is located, together with land area devoted to lawns, flower gardens, shrubs,
swimming pools, tennis courts, etc. and used with the farmhouse for its enjoyment. This land is not in agricultural or horticultural use and is assessed and taxed at true value
standards. (See N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.11.)
Item 10, “All other land not devoted to agricultural or horticultural use”- is land other than used in connection with the farmhouse that is not devoted to an agricultural or
horticultural use nor is it necessary to support land actively devoted to an agricultural or horticultural use. This land will be assessed and taxed in accordance with true value
standards.
Item 13, enter “YES” or “NO.”
Certain land uses shall be in the categories below:
Land Use
Category
Land under farm buildings
Cropland Harvested
Swampland, wetland
Appurtenant Woodland
Lakes, ponds, streams,
Appurtenant Woodland
irrigation ditches
Land in government programs Cropland Harvested
Land Use
Nurseries, Christmas trees
Crops grown under glass
Wood and forest products
Category
Cropland Harvested
Cropland Harvested
Non-appurtenant Woodland
Seasonal Farm Markets
Agricultural Labor Housing
Land Use
Renewable Energy
Category
Cropland Harvested
Cropland Harvested
SECTION 3-CURRENT YEAR FARMING ACTIVITY- insert the current year acreage or other specified information.
SECTION 4-SIGNATURE AND VERIFICATION OF OWNER(S)-For non-corporate multiple ownership, one owner is presumed to have authority and may sign on behalf of
the other co-owners. In the case of a corporate owner or co-owners, the full name of the corporation must be provided, accompanied by the signature and the title of the
corporate officer authorized to sign the application in its behalf.
OWNERSHIP-must be single ownership: that is, a unified title meaning common ownership by one distinct legal entity of one or more contiguous parcels together.
ACTIVELY DEVOTED AND GROSS SALES-Land of at least five acres is considered actively devoted to agricultural or horticultural use when gross sales of
agricultural/horticultural products produced thereon, payments received under Federal soil conservation programs, fees received for breeding, raising or grazing livestock,
income imputed to land used for grazing as determined by the State Farmland Evaluation Advisory Committee, and fees received for boarding, rehabilitating or training
livestock where the land under the boarding, rehabilitating or training facilities is contiguous to land which otherwise qualifies for farmland assessment, have averaged at
least $500 per year during the two-year period immediately preceding the tax year in issue, or there is clear evidence of anticipated yearly gross sales and payments of at
least $500 within a reasonable period of time. In addition, where the land is more than five acres gross sales must average $5 per acre for each acre over 5, except
woodland or wetland where the gross sales requirement is $.50 per acre for any acreage over 5. Rents paid to owner by tenant farmers do not constitute gross sales.
(N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.5.)
CHANGE IN USE-ROLLBACK TAXES-a. When land in agricultural or horticultural use and valued under the Farmland Assessment Act, is put to a use other than
agricultural or horticultural, it is subject to additional taxes, known as roll-back taxes, in an amount equal to the difference between the taxes paid or payable under
“Farmland Assessment” and the taxes which would have been paid or payable had the land been valued, assessed and taxed as other land in the taxing district. b. The
roll-back taxes shall be applied in the year in which the change takes place and in such of the 2 tax years, immediately preceding, if the land was valued, assessed and
taxed under the Farmland Assessment Act. (See N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.8.)
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS FOR NON-APPURTENANT WOODLANDS- N.J.A.C. 18:15-2.7
(a) The owner of land which is devoted exclusively to the production for sale of trees and forest products other than Christmas trees or the owner of woodland which is
not supportive and subordinate woodland shall annually submit to the assessor, in addition to a completed and timely filed application for farmland assessment
(form FA-1), the following:
1. A copy of a woodland management plan prepared in accordance with provisions noted under N.J.A.C. 18:15-2.10;
2. A scaled map of the land showing the location of woodland activity and the soil group classes of the land; and
3. A completed Woodland Data form (WD-1) approved by a State Forester.
(b) In addition to the above, for woodland located in freshwater wetland, State open water, or certain transition areas as defined in N.J.A.C. 7:7A-2 et seq. criteria for
forestry management plan as per N.J.A.C. 7:13-7 et seq. must be met. (Freshwater Wetlands Protection Act and Flood Hazard Area Control Act.)
DEFINITIONS
Agricultural Use-Land is considered to be in agricultural use when devoted to the production for sale of plants and animals useful to man, including but not limited to:
forages and sod crops; grains and feed crops; dairy animals and dairy products; poultry and poultry products; livestock, including beef cattle, sheep, swine, horses, ponies,
mules, goats or aquatic organisms, and the breeding, boarding, raising, rehabilitating, training or grazing of any or all of such animals, except that “livestock” shall not include
dogs; bees and apiary products; fur animals, trees and forest products; or when devoted to and meeting the requirements and qualifications for payments or other
compensation pursuant to a soil conservation program under an agreement with an agency of the federal government…See N.J.A.C. 18:15-2.7 for additional conditions
imposed on non-appurtenant woodland. (See N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.3.)
Horticultural Use-Land is considered to be in horticultural use when devoted to the production for sale of fruits of all kinds, including grapes, nuts and berries; vegetables;
nursery, floral ornamental and greenhouse products; or when devoted to and meeting the requirements and qualifications for payments or other compensation pursuant to a
soil conservation program under an agreement with an agency of the federal government. (See N.J.S.A. 54:4-23.4.)
“Beneficial to a tract of land” means land which enhances the use and viability of other qualifying land devoted to agricultural or horticultural production by providing
benefits such as, but not limited to, windbreaks, watershed, buffers, soil erosion control.
“Supportive and subordinate woodland" means a wooded piece of property which is beneficial to or reasonably required for the purpose of maintaining the agricultural or
horticultural uses of a tract of land, which tract of land has a minimum area of at least five acres devoted to agricultural or horticultural uses other than to the production for
sale of trees and forest products, exclusive of Christmas trees.
Helpful Links: New Jersey Department of Agriculture http://www.state.nj.us/agriculture Click on “Publications” then “For Farmers; scroll to Farmland Assessment Act.
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Forest Service http://www.nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/forest Click on “Private Lands Management” then
Farmland Assessment Program.
New Jersey Division of Taxation http://www.state.nj.us/treasury/taxation Click on Local Property Tax then Reference Materials, then General Assessment. Also click on
Statistical Data, Farmland/FEAC.
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