The Groundswell protest claimed regulation and taxes are unfair to farmers – the economic numbers tell a different story

While the sector pays tax on income like everyone else, the amount paid by the dairy sector ($531.7 million in 2019/20 – or 0.7% of total tax revenue) looks to be substantially less than the costs associated with transfers from the government back to the sector and remediation of environmental damage caused by the sector.

https://theconversation.com/the-groundswell-protest-claimed-regulation-and-taxes-are-unfair-to-farmers-the-economic-numbers-tell-a-different-story-179281