Task force discusses how to resolve tax issues on Missouri solar farms

Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 9:49 AM

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — A Missouri task force wants to know more about solar farms and how they can be taxed.

Instead of a farm with corn, soybeans, or livestock, a solar energy farm is covered in solar panels. A new task force made up of lawmakers, local county tax assessors, and agriculture and renewable energy groups are working to resolve tax issues on renewable energy projects.

“Of course, I have driven down I-70, and it’s just goes on forever, as far as your eye can see in some areas,” Sen. Cindy O’Laughlin, R-Shelbina, said to the group Wednesday. “Thousands of acres of productive farmland is being up with solar panels.”

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