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In a Ways and Means mo-
tion made on April 21, 1980,
it was proposed that all
small indepepndent
businessmen. including
farmers. be allowed to claim
a deduction for wages paid
to their spouse effective
January 1. 1980.
Although the bill to enact
this change has not yet been
passed by Parliament,
Revenue Canada Taxation
has advised taxpayers that
in light of the anticipated
legislation. they may claim
the deduction on their 1980
tax returns.
In the past, farmers could
not claim wages paid to their
spouse. As a result, farm
wives who worked full-time
or part-time in the farm
operation could not file a tax
return ona share of the farm
income or make con-
tributions to the Canada
Pension Plan. Their
husbands paid taxes on the
total farm income.
Now. farmers may pay a
salary or wages to their
spouse and deduct this from
their gross farm income.
The spouse must file a
separate income tax return
by April 30 and report the
wages received.
Farmers who paid their
spouse in 1980 should follow
these steps to take advan-
tage of the tax deduction.
If you do not already have
one. obtain an employer
number from any District
Taxation Office. Canada
Pension Plan (CPP) and in-
come tax tables are also
available there.
According to the spouse's
earnings from on-farm
work. c'alc'ulate the CPP
payments to be made
retroactive to January 1,
1980 Any amount withheld
for ('PP purposes must be
matched by the employer.
•I'he total amount should
then be forwarded to
Revenue Canada Taxation
through any bank (cheques
payable to the Receiver
General of Canada).
Withhold the proper tax
from spouse's earnings and
file a T4 information slip
reporting the tax and. CCP
payments to the tax depart-
ment
Farmers who (lid not pay
wages to their spouse during
1980 are not eligible for this
tax deduction
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Farmers should support preservation of land
By ALICE GIBE
George Klosler, chairman
of the Ontario Federation of
Agriculture's (OFA) en-
vironment committee
warned 40 area farmers "if
farmers of all people can't
support the preservation of
good agricultural land, who
can." The Oxford county
farmer was addressing
Huron County Federation of
Agriculture members in
Brucefield Thursday night
as part of the OFA's push for
new legislation to protect the
farming community from
urban encroachment.
The chairman said his
committee concluded "the
thrust of the policy must be
the preservation of good
agricultural land." He said
unfortunately there's
division within the farming
community - some farmers
feel the provincial govern-
ment won't accept a strong
land use policy, and many
farmers want farm
severances and the option of
selling their land for non-
farm uses.
He pointed out fulltime
farmers are now in the
minority among those who
farm and have been replaced
by part-time farmers, hobby
farmers, corporate farmers
and speculative investors
buying up farmland.
He advised farmers to
start selling the need for
protection of farmland on an
economic basis. He said
agriculture must be a per-
manent, secure and
economically viable industry
since Ontario's farmers
"have a responsibility, not
just to Canadians, but to
millions of people less for-
tunate than us." That
responsibility, according to
Klosler, is to grow food for
world markets. He warned
one of Canada's natural
resources, good agricultural
land, is getting scarcer. He
added, in solving world
problems, "I would rather
see the use of food power
than bullet power."
The environment com-
mittee chairman warned the
audience problems between
farmers and their urban,
industrialized neighbours
won't diminish in the future,
and that peaceful co-
existence between the two
groups must be established
He said the province's five-
year old agricultural code of
practice has failed to come
to grips with the clash bet-
ween farmers and their
urban neighbours. For
example, he said, many
applications to expand
existing farm livestock
operations are denied, if non-
farm residents are living
nearby. When problems
arise, Mr. Kloster said, the
onus is always on the farmer
to change his practises,
rather than urban neigh-
bours to accept the noise and
odours which inevitably
result from farm operations.
Mr. Kloster said tougher
land use guidelines to
preserve farmland would
remove the existing problem
of land use guidelines being
policed by urban -oriented
municipal councils and give
farmers more input into
planning decisions.
Some of the solutions the
environmental committee
recommended to the OFA
were improved and uniform
agricultural land zoning,
distinctions between
agricultural land and buffer
areas, adequate com-
pensation when a farmer is
refused permission to ex-
pand and thus zoned out of
business and planning
guidelines which allow
farmers to plan for their
operations on a long term
basis.
Also, Mr. Kloster said, "a
farmer must be able to keep
any kind and quantity of
livestock he wants in an
agriculturally -zoned area"
He told the audience his
committee recommended it
was high time the govern-
ment defined what con-
stituted a farm, • the im-
plementation of a Farmer's
Bill of Rights, written
guidelines for siting,
renovation and expansion of
farm buildings and a far-
mers' committee which
could deal with harassment
of farmers and complaints
from non-farm en-
croachment into agricultural
areas.
He said his committee's
recommendations were
replaced by the Agricultural
Development and Protection
Act, drawn up by an OFA
staff member. Mr. Kloster
said, "to me, that document
leaves a lot to be desired."
He said farmers, in
campaigning for better land
use guidelines, must
capitalize on their economic
position. Also, he warned,
"the big argument is going to
be amongst us, since we are
so different." He said OFA
must come out with a strong
land use policy to present to
the provincial government.
Farmers can get
interest rebates
Farm operators who
borrowed money for food
production purposes at high
interest rates last year can
apply now for refund
assistance.
The Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food is
providing a refund of up to
three per cent on loans from
banks, credit unions, or trust
companies with interest
rates that exceeded 12 per
cent during April through
December. This refund is
available for loans of $75,000
or less.
To be elegible for
assistance under this
program, applicants are
required ,to have a gross
farm income of at least $8000
in 1980 and own less than 75
per cent of all assets.
The amount of financial
assistance is based on the
amount of money borrowed
for operating and short-term
purposes. Eligible purchases
include food -producing items
such as seed, feed, fertilizer,
fuel, sprays, twine, feeder
cattle, feeder pigs,
machinery repairs and
hired labor.
Money borrowed for non-
food producing purposes and
capital items is not eligible
under this program. These
costs would include money
for growing sod, tobacco,
flowers and mink, and for
buying farm machinery and
equipment.
Certification and ap=
plication forms and in-
formation leaflets are
available from local offices
of the ministry. Completed
applications should be
forwarded by Mrach 31, 1981
to the Rural Development
Branch, Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food,
Legislative Buildings,
Queen's Park. Toronto, M7A
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In the discussion
following Klosler's speech,
Lucknow-area farmer Tony
McQuail asked how a farmer
could be defined. The
speaker said the problem is
the Ontario Municipal Board
has its idea of what a farmer
is, the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture has another, the
Ministry of Housing yet
another and "well, the tax
people, they're off by
themselves when it comes to
what a farmer is."
Mr. McQuail replied it was
his suspicion it is easier to
"say we need a definition of
a farmer than to have one."
Mr. Kloster responded his
environment committee felt
"we need a uniform
definition (of a farmer)"
which could be used by all
gq ernment ministries.
Adrian Vos of Blyth asked
if the environment com-
mittee had givenany thought
to the rights of animals in
drawing up guidelines for a
Farmer's Bill of Rights.
Mr. Kloster said there's
no question farmers today
are getting criticized for
their livestock practices. He
said the technology of the
livestock industry is "put-
ting animals under
tremendous pressure to get
production out of them"
Before discussion on the
OFA's working paper con-
cluded, Mr. Kloster again
recommended working with
the government and their
Strategy for the Preser-
vation of Agricultural Land
paper - "take what we
already have in existance,
take the government's
commitment." He told
Huron federation members
he sees a long time
refinement period before the
federation's working paper
is ready to be presented to to
provincial governement.
Following the discussion
on the paper, a Hullett
Township farmer, Larry
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-- Andrea Jaques is ready to start her toy snowmobile at Morrison Dam,
Photo by Terry Schwartzentruber
Dillon raised the issue of fire
insurance for farm
buildings. Mr. Dillon said he
believes farmers are
presently being discouraged
from safe management
practices to avoid barn fires
by insurance companies. He
said in the Western
provinces, insurance
companies offer lower rates
for farm buildings which are
less likely to burn, a policy
that doesn't seem to be
followed here. The farmer
said he has approached
insurance companies about
the matter as an individual,
but felt perhaps the
federation would like to
investigate the matter. On
the suggestion of John Van
Beers, who was chairing the
meeting, - Larry .Dillon
agreed to meet with John
Nesbitt and his insurance
committee to investigate the
matter of fire insurance
further and draw up a
resolution for presentation at
a future meeting.
Federation members were
informed the members of
parliament dinner,
scheduled for February 21 in
Clinton, will be re -scheduled
for a date following the
March 19 provincial election.
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