Income Tax Act 2007

996 Meaning of “farming” and related expressions U.K.

(1) In the Income Tax Acts “farming” means the occupation of land wholly or mainly for the purposes of husbandry, but does not include market gardening (see subsection (5)).

(2) In subsection (1) “husbandry” includes—

(a) hop growing, and

(b) the breeding and rearing of horses and the grazing of horses in connection with those activities.

(3) For the purposes of the Income Tax Acts the cultivation of short rotation coppice is regarded as husbandry and not as forestry.

(4) In the Income Tax Acts “woodlands” does not include land on which short rotation coppice is cultivated.

(5) In the Income Tax Acts “market gardening” means the occupation of land as a garden or nursery for the purpose of growing produce for sale.

(6) For the purposes of this section “short rotation coppice” means a perennial crop of tree species planted at high density, the stems of which are harvested above ground level at intervals of less than 10 years.

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Textual Amendments

F1 S. 996(7) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 28(2) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2015 (c. 33), s. 28(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 996 excluded (retrospective to 6.4.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), s. 8(4)(6)