We are in the process of reviewing some of our rating categorisations and I was wondering how, for those councils that have them, you categorise Turf Farms. We are currently rating them as Farmland as in the past we have treated the turf as a crop.
hi Pete, I hope you are well .. this is a good one, do you know if a turf farmer qualifies as a primary producer with the ATO? If the ATO think they are croppers/cultivators, etc, than that may help the farmland argument.
Just a thought
Cherie
Hi Peter – we treat turf farms as farmland (subject to usual other tests) on the basis it is horticulture defined at http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ as “the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants” (my lawn may not be very “ornamental” but you get the idea).
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