| It's all kicking off at the 'we demand Clarkson pays less tax' demo, lads 11:30 - Nov 19 with 6523 views | BlueBadger |
Blimey.
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| It's all kicking off at the 'we demand Clarkson pays less tax' demo, lads on 18:18 - Nov 19 with 623 views | giant_stow |
| It's all kicking off at the 'we demand Clarkson pays less tax' demo, lads on 18:04 - Nov 19 by Ryorry |
I'm not a legal bod, but my own ideas would be for
1. Covenants being imposed on farmland, in the same way that there are currently legal restrictions of the purchase or rent of some houses in rural areas, in that it can only be bought by those already legitimately working in agriculture, horticulture or forestry.
2. In France, those acquiring farmland are required to go through a process of due diligence to prove their suitability to own & work the land. |
Thanks loads - I'm not a legal bod or a farmer, so no idea if your ideas would work. |  |
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| It's all kicking off at the 'we demand Clarkson pays less tax' demo, lads on 18:21 - Nov 19 with 619 views | giant_stow |
| It's all kicking off at the 'we demand Clarkson pays less tax' demo, lads on 18:05 - Nov 19 by Mullet |
Jezza having his own bragging spoken to him as he then goes on a Daily Mail rant is poetry.
As for this scumbag…
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spreading the cost over 10 years, interest free seems decent - surely that means no immediate forced sales to pay the tax?
edit: agree about the Clarkson interview: culture-war-informed terrible rabble rousing and avoidance of his own previous words, the weasel. [Post edited 19 Nov 2024 18:23]
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| It's all kicking off at the 'we demand Clarkson pays less tax' demo, lads on 19:02 - Nov 19 with 542 views | Mullet |
| It's all kicking off at the 'we demand Clarkson pays less tax' demo, lads on 18:21 - Nov 19 by giant_stow |
spreading the cost over 10 years, interest free seems decent - surely that means no immediate forced sales to pay the tax?
edit: agree about the Clarkson interview: culture-war-informed terrible rabble rousing and avoidance of his own previous words, the weasel. [Post edited 19 Nov 2024 18:23]
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Maybe it’s my own bitter experience, but my great grandfather never handed the family farm over, to his son who ran it for decades etc. When he died,my great uncle (one of four siblings) wanted his slice of a rather small pie, as it was small farm outside of Halesworth and not worth mega money.
The idea that farms should be tax free only works if they also take no subsidies etc. Given the misinformation swirled around by a few very rich people who stand to lose money, it’s a real shame they are being emotionally manipulated like this.
Those same land barons are the ones squeezing the farmers out by buying up the land and making it worth far more than it otherwise would be too. The fact it doesn’t then push many into the bracket to pay this is really telling. |  |
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| It's all kicking off at the 'we demand Clarkson pays less tax' demo, lads on 14:03 - Nov 21 with 316 views | soupytwist |
| It's all kicking off at the 'we demand Clarkson pays less tax' demo, lads on 19:02 - Nov 19 by Mullet |
Maybe it’s my own bitter experience, but my great grandfather never handed the family farm over, to his son who ran it for decades etc. When he died,my great uncle (one of four siblings) wanted his slice of a rather small pie, as it was small farm outside of Halesworth and not worth mega money.
The idea that farms should be tax free only works if they also take no subsidies etc. Given the misinformation swirled around by a few very rich people who stand to lose money, it’s a real shame they are being emotionally manipulated like this.
Those same land barons are the ones squeezing the farmers out by buying up the land and making it worth far more than it otherwise would be too. The fact it doesn’t then push many into the bracket to pay this is really telling. |
Someone I used to work with who comes from a farming family did a long empassioned post on LinkedIn about the protests and how unfair it all is.
While I am not up to date on the specific details of their life, how sympathetic am I supposed to be towards someone who has lived for a number of years since moving out of their childhood home in a house owned by their father's farm, which has been upgraded possibly at little or no cost to that person, allowing them to buy another house nearby which they rent out?
And I would expect there's more than one person in the UK farming community that has a similar tale.
Also, if "many farmers are single, often widowed, not eligible for the married couples' allowance." out of interest, why do farmer's wives pre-decease their husband at a rate greater than the average for the general population?
I get the impression (could be wrong but it's based on a sample size of two people I know very well at opposite ends of the country) that older farmers generally hang on to the 'family farm' for a lot longer than they would if it were any other family business with a ready-made person to take it on, thereby not being able to take advantage of the exemption for things gifted more than 7 years before your death. |  | | |
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