03-03-2021, 07:57 PM
(02-25-2021, 06:48 PM)Ossian Wrote: I've been reading some stuff recently about the value of rough shooting land being anything up to three times that of the same land when used for agriculture. Rough shooting in this context was resident wildfowl without any artificial rearing to boost numbers. This got me thinking about the land valuation of prime grouse moor and, while it's difficult to pin down a definitive number, I've regularly seen amounts like £20,000 per acre mentioned for land which would have negligible alternative agricultural use, aside from possibly forestry.
These are estates which have become used to attracting generous CAP subsidies, with primary payments based on acreage. Leaving aside the questionable ethics and practices frequently indulged (in more than one sense of the word) on many of these estates, it would be interesting to see how that particular arm of the landowning community would react to the changed financial circumstances of discontinued subsidies followed by the introduction of land value tax.
Actually 'interesting' is an understatement.
What we need is for all the tax law we have to be written on 1 piece of A4 standard lined paper! Making the law and rules transparent to everyone with a grade C at GCSE maths. Then EVERYONE can be held accountable for what they should pay. I'm sure we would all be so much better off and could arguably have a much better funded and run country, benefiting all.