Ascertaining the correct capital gains tax base cost for farming assets is always important.
Scrutinising the possibility of negligible value claims
Capital tax concerns when disclosing income from land and property
The First-tier Tribunal’s view of eligibility of relief on trading losses
Management of farmland can be crucial to agricultural property relief claims
Tax planning opportunities for farmers considering land development
THE INTRODUCTION OF the Single Farm Payment is considered by many to be the most fundamental change to farming since the repeal of the 'corn laws'. It essentially means that farming subsidies are no longer 'coupled' to production, but are based on area and historical entitlement. The burning question has been: how will this impact upon the taxation of farmers and landowners?
Farming
Quota Tips And Traps
JULIE BUTLER FCA considers the quirks of quotas.
AFTER ONE OF the wettest Augusts on record, the plight of the arable farmer has been the subject of nationwide coverage. But what of the dairy farmer, who needs the summer rain to produce the lush grass for the dairy herd in order to produce a good volume of milk?
What Future Lies Ahead?
Will tax legislation direct the future of the farming (and the landscape) in the United Kingdom? JULIE BUTLER asks.
THE REVOLUTION HAS arrived. From 2005, farmers can receive their subsidies (the single farm payment), irrespective of production. Under the Mid-Term Review of the Common Agricultural Policy reform, subsidies are being progressively siphoned from production.