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Tax help for hauliers hit by foot and mouth
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The government is to offer assistance to livestock hauliers as well as transporters of carcasses and dairy products. Dylan Gray reports.
HAULIERS AFFECTED by the foot and mouth (FMD) outbreak are all eligible for tax help, no matter how much they have been affected.
This is the official line from HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) —it is offering help to all firms that will find it difficult to meet their tax obligations due to FMD.
An HMRC spokesman confirms: "For anyone who is directly or indirectly affected by the foot-and-mouth outbreak there is help with their tax. Each case will be assessed separately."
This is good news for livestock hauliers, which have been hit the hardest, but also for transporters of carcasses and dairy products.
Livestock haulier Gordon Gilder Transport is set to lose a lot of revenue, as transport manager Sean Gilder explains:"For four] 10 vehicles which transport livestock I'd say we lose £50,000 a week."
While Defra had declared certain products safe for export, hauliers did not receive the appropriate documentation straight away. Dover-based Heritage International Transport has had to make empty runs from the UK to collect EU shipments. Operations director Neville Brooker says: "We do a lot of dairy products and have therefore lost a lot of work.
"We're looking for other work to do and are currently in the process of getting certification."
A Defra statement says the delay occurred because all EU export health certificates had to be amended in line with the current requirements.
• See investigation, page 28