Did67 wrote:
a) in 2011, is it reasonable to maintain such a tax niche? So an agriculture dependent on fossil fuels ???
With the consequence of having to pay the real price of food products.
I specify my paragraph, incomprehensible as it stands:
- question whether it is appropriate to maintain the zero-rating; that is to say, whether we want to encourage or discourage an agriculture dependent on fossil fuels (diesel) (depending on whether tax or tax)
- but if we question that, we must also agree to pay agricultural prices at fair value: farmers can only produce at current prices because their fuel is zero-rated ...