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<blockquote data-quote="Otto" data-source="post: 5357" data-attributes="member: 73"><p>Couldn't agree more Trevor.</p><p></p><p>I have an accurate count for how many hives I have at any time of the year and my numbers chop and change all over the place (and I am not particularly good at paperwork). Surely most businesses run with a reasonably specific number of beehives in mind to generate their income from? I would also argue that as long as the hive numbers you are paying a levy on is in the right ball park then what does it matter? If a levy gets paid for 1500 hives when the actual number is 1507 who cares? Maybe a clause could be added that the number declared needs to be within 5% of the actual number but I doubt it is necessary. To suggest it is too hard to have a vaguely accurate count for how many beehives you have just doesn't sound realistic to me.</p><p></p><p>I would much rather pay a levy based on hive numbers as hives are the unit that is the most consistent between all beekeepers and it is the unit we base our businesses on. Honey crops get reported as kg/hive, the size of an beekeeping business always comes in how many hives they operate etc...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Otto, post: 5357, member: 73"] Couldn't agree more Trevor. I have an accurate count for how many hives I have at any time of the year and my numbers chop and change all over the place (and I am not particularly good at paperwork). Surely most businesses run with a reasonably specific number of beehives in mind to generate their income from? I would also argue that as long as the hive numbers you are paying a levy on is in the right ball park then what does it matter? If a levy gets paid for 1500 hives when the actual number is 1507 who cares? Maybe a clause could be added that the number declared needs to be within 5% of the actual number but I doubt it is necessary. To suggest it is too hard to have a vaguely accurate count for how many beehives you have just doesn't sound realistic to me. I would much rather pay a levy based on hive numbers as hives are the unit that is the most consistent between all beekeepers and it is the unit we base our businesses on. Honey crops get reported as kg/hive, the size of an beekeeping business always comes in how many hives they operate etc... [/QUOTE]
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