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Bills Would Give Tax Help To Farmers
October 27, 2013
Sen. Wilton Simpson, R-Trilby, and Rep. Jake Raburn, R-Lithia, filed bills this week that would create new tax exemptions for the agriculture industry.
The bills would provide exemptions for irrigation equipment, replacement parts for farm equipment and repairs to farm equipment. Also, it would allow landowners to keep what are known as “greenbelt” exemptions if they take part in programs with water-management districts that involve flooding land. The greenbelt law is designed to hold down property taxes on agricultural lands.
“This legislation will give much-deserved tax relief to Florida’s family farmers,” Simpson said in a prepared statement. “Florida farmers make our state one of the nation’s most important food producers, and reducing their tax burden will invigorate this crucial sector of the economy.”
The bills will be considered during the 2014 legislative session.
by The News Service of Florida
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3 Responses to “Bills Would Give Tax Help To Farmers”
These bills are corporate welfare. Commodity prices are at all time highs and every large farm I know is sporting brand new F250’s. I’m all about helping the small farmer try to compete and they should get some help but this is a giveaway that we can’t afford right now. This is about politics and greed.
It would help also if the government would not let farmers plant hundreds of acres of subsidies. ( a direct pecuniary aid furnished by a government to a private industrial undertaking, a charity organization, or the like.) just to be plowed under for no use at all. It’s a shame to plant crops that are useless.
It would be great for the farmers if the Government replaced food stamps and SNAP and Wic with commodities. It would help the farmers and provide nutritious food for recipients.