HC Deb 09 April 1959 vol 603 cc37-8W
Sir A. Bossom

asked the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will give consideration to some new method of collecting Income Tax on a more or less graduated scale from farmers whose income is predicated on the changeable weather that is experienced in this country, such as assessing earnings on a three-year average.

Mr. Simon

My right hon. Friend considered this matter when preparing his Budget, but did not feel able to propose any change in the existing law.