602 Taxes in Abruzzo

Good afternoon to all.
I am just trying to get a general feel for annual taxes on property and land in Abruzzo. I do appreciate that it varies around Italy and probally around comunes as well, the area that I am interested in is around Tollo in Abruzzo.
Can anyone help with a generalization with how the annual taxes are worked out on houses and also whether land is taxed on area or volume of crops that it may produce.
The property we are hoping to purchase has 2.75 acres of land, currently approx 2.5 acres of vines which I am informed will produce about 500/600 litres of wine plus approx 30 olive trees. I have put the question to the agent but would like to get some idea from some of the well informed people on this forum.
Thanks for your time
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 06/15/2005 - 10:43

500/600 litres of wine is a normal family production and consumption and if you work hard and the trees are established you might get just about olive oil for family consumption for a year in any case you will not be taxed on that idem if you are not about to become a registered farmer with a normal sized rural house and that much land you'd probably pay around Euro 200,00 per annum not more ...

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 06/15/2005 - 11:21

If you've not cultivated vines before, you'll need help and training. The vines will also require training and my mate Bertino reckons it's a daily job to tie the vines in. That many olive trees can be hard work for a couple. Be prepared to start picking at the crack of dawn and stop when the light goes... then take your hard won olives to the frantoio for pressing.

It's rewarding work, but hard. And you'll be amazed after a day's picking which parts of your body have black splodges on them.

If the present owner has farm workers or visiting contractors try to find out who they are and what they get paid *at the moment*. Because the bloke who used to do ours thought he had a couple of mugs and tried to charge EUR 100 per tree for pruning. Oh how we laughed.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 06/15/2005 - 11:47

Sebastiano/Lataresco.
Thanks very much for your reply. We were informed that as far as the vines are concerned a local contractor will prune, spray & pick the grapes in return for approx 50/60% of the havest, whether this turns out to be true remains to be seen.
As far as the olives go I dont know, maybe we can do a similar deal. My partner used to tread grapes in her village near Naples, but I doubt I could persuade her to do so now.
Thanks again