Interesting tax statistics were published in the Department of Agriculture and Food's 2007/08 Annual Report.

• There are approximately 101,200 farmers on record with the Revenue Commissioners, including almost 13,600 who are assessed periodically.
• Provisional estimates show that approximately €173 million tax was paid on farm profits in 2007.
• Tax from the farming sector accounted for 1.3% of the total income tax-take in 2007. This compares to 79.3% from the PAYE sector and 19.4% from other self-employed.

Access to the full report is available at http://www.agriculture.gov.ie/publicat/publications2008/ARO_En07-08.pdf