Shooting rights form (Scotland)

[Hilly]

Where do i go to apply for exemption? Got 2 invoices in.

A friend is a gamekeeper on an estate up here, their bill is £30k!!

Council will point you in right direction, whole thing is shame full, this sh!t was inevitable with the numpty party and just the beginning sadly.

 

[beltbreaker]

Looks like Scot gov taking it a stage further

https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/annual-tax-based-on-land-value-proposed-by-scottish-government.htm

Not exactly a surprise after the shooting tax.

 

[shooterandy]

Where do i go to apply for exemption? Got 2 invoices in.

A friend is a gamekeeper on an estate up here, their bill is £30k!!

Then it must be a high end shoot that makes a fair old revenue

 

[brigadoon]

Then it must be a high end shoot that makes a fair old revenue

It' got nothing to do with revenue. It must however be a fair old area

 

[shooterandy]

Now this might be a bit controversial....in fact i sure it will be but no one seems to be talking about the thousands of farms up and down Scotland (and the whole of the uk) that do have syndicates or paying shooters on the land that pay some funny old amounts at times, and the farmers don't declare it as actually taxable income !

what about all the ones that allow local "geese guides" to shoot for example, cash on the day depending on the number of guns in the fields....its still legally "income"

I dare even venture there are some on this thread moaning who have probably profited well out of the rents and leases for numerous years without anything going the way of the taxman.............not that i care ! that's an individuals responsibility that gets the money but hey....cant have it all ways and maybe the current scottish government has cottoned onto the fact this happens

i know plenty of syndicates that pay with folding notes, and its off the books and some farmers are even having the hard neck to say to the very same syndicates that have been on the land for 20 years plus that the prices will now go up due to this increase ! one i know of has had an "arrangement for approx 20 years" off record and now being asked for more next season to cover it. (while still declaring nothing and applying for the exemption )

so while i dont agree at all with this tax, some have benefited for years to the sum of many many thousands of pounds,

All that being said im still looking for shooting permissions and im also willing to discuss the use of folding money, what you do with it or declare is entirely your business im only pointing out some of the facts above .

 

[brigadoon]

Now this might be a bit controversial....in fact i sure it will be but no one seems to be talking about the thousands of farms up and down Scotland (and the whole of the uk) that do have syndicates or paying shooters on the land that pay some funny old amounts at times, and the farmers don't declare it as actually taxable income !

what about all the ones that allow local "geese guides" to shoot for example, cash on the day depending on the number of guns in the fields....its still legally "income"

I dare even venture there are some on this thread moaning who have probably profited well out of the rents and leases for numerous years without anything going the way of the taxman.............not that i care ! that's an individuals responsibility that gets the money but hey....cant have it all ways and maybe the current scottish government has cottoned onto the fact this happens

i know plenty of syndicates that pay with folding notes, and its off the books and some farmers are even having the hard neck to say to the very same syndicates that have been on the land for 20 years plus that the prices will now go up due to this increase ! one i know of has had an "arrangement for approx 20 years" off record and now being asked for more next season to cover it. (while still declaring nothing and applying for the exemption )

so while i dont agree at all with this tax, some have benefited for years to the sum of many many thousands of pounds,

All that being said im still looking for shooting permissions and im also willing to discuss the use of folding money, what you do with it or declare is entirely your business im only pointing out some of the facts above .

Sorry the reintroduction of sporting rates is nowt to do with any of that - there is a conviction in EDinburgh that highland estates can afford to pay taxes - simple as that

 

[Gizartious]

A tad off topic... but I am part of a small syndicate looking to secure a permanent home for next season (2019/20) and was wondering if anyone with circ. 150+ acres would contact me to discuss leasing the sporting rights to their land, perhaps to off-set the new tax!

Anywhere considered in central Scotland.

 

[Fallowfield]

The shooting industry is forever telling us how much they contribute to the rural economy.

Maybe that is what has led the legislators to think there might be a potential revenue stream out there.

 

[davieh3350]

A tad off topic... but I am part of a small syndicate looking to secure a permanent home for next season (2019/20) and was wondering if anyone with circ. 150+ acres would contact me to discuss leasing the sporting rights to their land, perhaps to off-set the new tax!

Anywhere considered in central Scotland.

you are way off topic. Go and post in the shooting and metal detection section.

 

[Dry Rot]

The shooting industry is forever telling us how much they contribute to the rural economy.

Maybe that is what has led the legislators to think there might be a potential revenue stream out there.

Please do not feed the troll.

 

[Fallowfield]

Looks like Scot gov taking it a stage further

https://www.fwi.co.uk/business/annual-tax-based-on-land-value-proposed-by-scottish-government.htm

Not exactly a surprise after the shooting tax.

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Land Value Tax is a good idea, though transitioning to it would be an administrative nightmare.

It has support from some unlikely sources. Here's Thatcher's economic guru, Milton Friedman, setting out the case for it.

 

[johnmcavoy]

Looking for shooting rights for me and my son rabbit and pigeon can pay small fee stay in grangemouth stirlingshire Scotland fk3 8pl cheers [email protected]