WINSOME Anderson faces a $2.5 million tax bill if she sells her land.
The Clyde beef farmer is just one of thousands of angry landholders who the Victorian Government has told, face a $95,000/ha tax if their land is rezoned for urban development.
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Ms Anderson said she felt trapped with a multi-million-dollar liability hanging over her head.
"I'll turn 73 this year and intended to retire soon, but what am I going to do now," she asked.
"It's a liability that they're hanging around my neck."
Ms Anderson joined other landholders last week to form an action group to fight what the Government calls its $95,000/ha Growth Area Infrastructure Contribution.
"It's nothing more than a vendor tax and we'll be fighting it," Ms Anderson said.
She said the uncertainty created by the tax and rezoning had hit older landholders the hardest.
The Government's Growth Areas Authority is reviewing 50,820ha for rezoning within the urban growth boundary.
Land brought within the boundary since the November 2005 extension will also be taxed at $80,000/ha on any sale since December last year or on future sales.
