Classes of Property
The property classification system is as follows (Tax Year 2008 taxable value percentages are in parenthesis):
Class 1
Net proceeds of mines and mining claims, except bentonite, coal and metal mines (100%)
Class 2
Gross proceeds of metal mines (3%)
Class 3
Agricultural land (2.54%)
Nonproductive patented mining claims (2.54%)
Nonagricultural land 20 acres or more, but under 160 acres (17.78%) (7 times the agricultural land tax rate)
Class 3 property
Class 4
Residential, commercial, and industrial land and improvements (2.54%)
Golf courses (1.27%)
Mobile homes or manufactured homes (2.54%)
Class 4 property
Class 5
Air and water pollution control equipment (3%)
Rural electric and telephone cooperatives (3%)
Real and personal property of "new industry" (3%)
Machinery and equipment used in electrolytic reduction facilities (3%)
Real and personal property of research and development firms (3%)
Real and personal property used to produce gasohol (3%)
Class 6
Repealed. Secs. 27,31, Chapter 285, L.1999 (Now Exempt)
Class 7
Qualifying rural electric associations (8%)
For more information on Class 7 property, click here.
Class 8
Business equipment and Business personal property:
1st $100,000 of Market Value (Exempt)
$100,000 - $6,000,000 of Market Value (1.5%)
$6,000,001 and greater (3%)
Class 8 property
Class 9
Real & personal property of pipelines and the non-electric generating properties of electric utilities (12%)
Class 9 property
Class 10
Forest land (0.3%)
Class 10 property
Class 11
Repealed. Sec. 9, Chapter 267, L. 1993
Class 12
Real and personal property of railroads, railroad car companies, and airlines taxable percentage is determined annually. In 2012 the taxable percentage was 3.45%. MCA 15-6-14
Class 12 property
Computation for Class 12 Tax Rate for Tax Year 2012
Class 13
Real & personal property of telecommunication utilities and the electric generating property of electric utilities (6%)
Class 13 property
Class 14
Qualifying wind generation facilities; biodiesel production facilities constructed after June 1, 2007; biogas production facilities constructed after June 1, 2007; biomass gasification facilities; coal gasification facilities, ethanol production facilities constructed after June 1, 2007; geothermal facilities; integrated gasification combined cycle facility that sequesters carbon dioxide; renewable energy manufacturing facilities constructed after June 1,
2007; natural gas combined cycle facilities; equipment used to capture and prepare for transport carbon dioxide that will be sequestered or injected for enhancing the recovery of oil and gas constructed after December 31, 2007; qualifying high-voltage transmission lines constructed after June 1, 2007; qualifying alternating current transmission lines and equipment constructed after June 1, 2007. (3%)
Class 15
DEQ certified carbon dioxide pipelines used for transportation of carbon dioxide for the purpose of sequestration or use in closed-loop enhanced oil recovery operations; DEQ qualified liquid pipelines; equipment used in closed-loop enhanced oil recovery operations; qualifying pipelines and equipment carrying products other than carbon dioxide that originate at a qualifying wind generation facility and terminate at an existing pipeline or facility. (3%)
Class 16
Qualifying high voltage direct-current converter stations constructed in a location that the converter station can direct power to two different regional power grids. (2.25%)
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