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Matt Hughes: So as you understand it the property that you have would be a bona fide farm because the 1 <br />agritourism is not the primary purpose of the property? 2 <br /> 3 <br />Kara Brewer: That’s correct. 4 <br /> 5 <br />Matt Hughes: And then that there’s five criteria that would constitute a bona fide farm purpose and you, 6 <br />according to statute, have met three of those five criteria? 7 <br /> 8 <br />Kara Brewer: Correct. And we’ll need a fourth once we turn in our taxes for 2016. 9 <br /> 10 <br />Matt Hughes: Now, what sort of documentation did you have to present to the North Carolina Department 11 <br />of Revenue and the USDA to receive the tax exemption certificate and the farm ID number? 12 <br /> 13 <br />Kara Brewer: So for the farm ID number I had to go in and write up a summary of the farm use to get the 14 <br />farm ID number, which I did. And then to get the sales tax number I then used the farm number to get the 15 <br />sales number is what I did. I don’t know if there’s another way but because I already had the farm number I 16 <br />could then get the sales farmer exemption number. 17 <br /> 18 <br />Matt Hughes: So according to these two agencies they basically vetted that your land would be a functional 19 <br />farm and would be operating as such? 20 <br /> 21 <br />Kara Brewer: Yes. 22 <br /> 23 <br />LeAnne Brown: May I ask a follow up question to Mr. Hughes question? 24 <br /> 25 <br />Karen Barrows: Yes. 26 <br /> 27 <br />LeAnne Brown: Ms. Brewer, is it, in fact, true that you were granted a farm number because the property 28 <br />you owned had had a farm number previously? 29 <br /> 30 <br />Kara Brewer: I don’t know. That’s interesting that you brought that up. That has come up before. While I 31 <br />was there they did not indicate to me that that was the case and that they were giving it to me based on my 32 <br />description of what I was doing. Now I do think that it was former farmland as well. So, it could have been. I 33 <br />don’t know. But that’s not what they indicated to me. 34 <br /> 35 <br />LeAnne Brown: Did anybody come out to vet that there was actual farming going on, on your property, 36 <br />before you got your farm number? 37 <br /> 38 <br />Kara Brewer: I do not know. 39 <br /> 40 <br />LeAnne Brown: Did you meet anybody on your property before you got your farm number so that they 41 <br />could vet it? 42 <br /> 43 <br />Kara Brewer: I did not. 44 <br /> 45 <br />LeAnne Brown: If, in fact, farm services indicated that farm number was granted because you had a prior 46 <br />farm number would that surprise you? 47 <br /> 48 <br />64