Self-collection will be costly for farmers? Local government and the minister intervene

Farmers who give away the produce from their land for free in the form of so-called self-picks are still to be charged tax. Interventions on this matter have been taken by the agricultural self-government, as well as the agriculture minister. This year, in many places, farmers have been giving away their products for free, such as potatoes, peppers, and fruits, offering so-called self-picks. Enthusiasts could get the products free of charge on the condition that they harvest them themselves from the fields. Such actions have made headlines in the media. At the same time, it is worth noting that for farmers, these were partly acts of goodwill and partly acts of desperation, because due to the prices in purchases, it was not profitable for them to harvest. Meanwhile, it recently turned out that despite earning nothing and incurring cultivation costs, they will have to pay VAT (in the case of VAT payers). This was widely assessed on the web as a "blow to the back." Interpellation on ...