Kerry farmers lobby TDs over tax hit on shares

The move stems from a recent Revenue swoop on more than 400 farmers who supplied the co-op with deliveries of milk and who received shares as a form of compensation

Kerry Co-op shareholders are pressing the government to change the tax treatment of so-called patronage shares in the company.

It stems from a recent Revenue Commissioners swoop on more than 400 farmers who supplied the co-op with deliveries of milk and who received shares as a form of compensation.

Revenue claimed that as a result of receiving the shares, the farmers have a tax liability for income tax, USC and PRSI based on ...