TAXING THE FARMER

Waikato Independent, Volume XLI, Issue 3892, 15 August 1941, Page 2

TAXING THE FARMER

REVIEW OF METHODS WANTED

DISCUSSION BY THAMES UNION

“That the Commissioner of Taxes be asked to review the method of computing Social Security flax as that (1) replacements be allowed at the real cost and not take into account past costs; (2) the taxpayer je given a clearance each year; (3) he maintenance be not confined to i percentage but be on the amount ■.pent for that purpose,” was a renit discussed at the meeting of the Northern Thames sub-provincial ex,‘cutive of the Farmers’ Union in Thames.

In sponsoring the remit, Mr A. H. Bhtekmcre (Wnihi) said it was not right that a farmer should be asked to produce receipts live, years old as he had often tost them by that time. On the third point, he pointed out that a hill farm required more maintenance than a farm on the .flat. It was the quality of the land that affected the question as a fence around a paddock would last just as tong,with 20 cows in it as it would if only 10 cows were grazed. Mr Blackmore also pointed out that in slump times a farmer made do with implements he had and' then replaced them in good times. The result was that maintenance costs were low during a slump and high in good times. - Mr H. R. Baker (Turua) agreed with Mr Blackmore on the question of a tax clearance each year, contending it was not right to expect a private individual such'as a farmer to keep receipts for five years back. He quoted a case at Turua where an inspector asked for receipts six years old and when the farmer could not produce them the inspector made the farmer pay tax on that amount. The remit was carried.

This Year’s Wheat Crop.—AD though it was anticipated that there would be extensive sowings of wheat this year, a Timaru Herald reporter was informed that the quantity so far sown had not come up to expectations, and that there would be little increase on the acreage sown last year. It would appear that the present prices are not sufficiently attractive and that farmers are turning their' attention to other crops.

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