Farm units and tax liability

Summary

Durkan requested figures on farm units, average assessed income and the acreage range with greatest tax liability. The Minister said he would need notice for those details and estimated about 120,000 full-time farmers, including 70,000 not yet in the tax net.

Bernard J. Durkan Mr. Durkan Fine Gael

Could the Minister tell the House the total number of farm units referred to in his reply? Could he give an estimate of the assessed average income per farm unit and the acreage in which there is the greatest liability for tax — is it from between 20 and 100 acres or 100 acres upwards?

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Raymond MacSharry Mr. MacSharry Fianna Fáil

The Deputy has asked four questions in respect of all of which I would have to have notice. In reply to the original question I spoke about 70,00 farmers who were left out of the net and I understand the total number of full-time farmers is about 120,000, including the 70,000.

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