Urban Farm Tax Abatement

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The District offers up to a 90% (ninety percent) property tax abatement for landowners whose private property is actively used as an urban farm, pursuant to D.C. Official Code §47-868 “Reduced Tax Liability for Certain Urban Farms”.

District property taxes are assessed twice yearly, and farms must be approved for the Urban Farm Tax Abatement (UFTA) program on an annual basis. OUA submits UFTA site information to the DC Office of Tax and Revenue (OTA) twice a year for tax abatement calculations. Farms operating all year and that are applying at the beginning of the fiscal year may select both tax periods on their application, so as not to have to resubmit the same documentation twice in each year.

How to Apply: Tax Abatement Instructions

Applications must be submitted by the following dates with requisite site visits to be performed within 30 (thirty) days of application submission.