TaxSource Total

Here you can access summary of the key current tax developments in Ireland, the UK and internationally as reported by Chartered Accountants Ireland

The report of key tax developments are displayed per year, per month, by Ireland, the UK or International and by report title

Farmer Tax Statistics 2007

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