§ 58 and 59. Mr. Draysonasked the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (1) if he will extend beyond 28 days the time within which a farmer must register a claim for repayment of Selective Employment Tax following the employment of a farmworker;
103W(2) how many farmers failed to register as claimants for the repayment of Selective Employment Tax within the specified period of 28 days; and what is the estimate of the amount of money that is being withheld from these employers as a result.
§ Mr. John MackieThere is no specified period during which a farmer must register. Our divisional offices have discretion to back-date a registration for 28 days. Two hundred and twenty applications for back-dating for longer than 28 days, involving some £10,000, have been refused.