From the beginning of 2009 population engaged in the agricultural activity by the purposes of the state social insurance and health insurance contributions, as well as the personal income tax are grouped under their controlled holding economic size, measured in European Size Units (ESU). In the current national tax system, holding size has influence on the situation of the owner (owners) in the special grouping schemes of the population engaged in the agricultural activity and is directly related to the payable tax amount and payment terms. For the owners of smaller holdings, the taxing terms are more favorable. For the tax purposes the same holdings economic size groups’ limitary values are used. However, every individual tax system has different
schemes of the groups. Under the current legislation, for agricultural income in Lithuania is classified income from the services to agriculture, listed in the special order of the Minister of Agriculture, and fishery income. Therefore, income from the services to agriculture and fisheries income are included in to the overall holding size calculations. The paper presents the grouping of agricultural holdings for tax purposes in alternative systems, formed by using different economic and quantitative indicators, research results, evaluated the potential consequences of the changes in grouping system, and partial mitigation proposals of the negative consequences.
Keyword(s): European Size Unit, tax, standard gross margin, standard output, standard income, economic holding size.
Danutė Juškevičienė, Artūras Lakis. Žemės ūkio valdų grupavimo mokesčių tikslais alternatyvos // Vadybos mokslas ir studijos - kaimo verslų ir jų infrastruktūros plėtrai = Management theory and studies for rural business and infrastructure development / Research papers, 2010. nr. 22(3), p. 66-75., ISSN 1822-6760 (EBSCO, Business Source Complete, Central & Eastern European Academic Source).
Publication: Agricultural holdings for tax purposes of grouping alternatives (In Lithuanian language)