Furnished holiday lettings: tax advantages eliminated
UPDATE: Those following the Finance (No 2) Bill 2024 will have seen that the measures to achieve the government's policy...
Habitat banking: R&D relief for farmers and landowners
Farmers have to be participating in research and development to be able to claim the new grants for farming for the envi...
Negligible value claims: identifying the opportunities for capital gains tax savings
Claims under the Basic Payment Scheme 2023 in England needed to be in place by midnight on 15 May.
Land diversification: the complexity of supply
Farm diversification is, by definition, alternative land use – the supply of land for activities such as the provision o...
Employee accommodation: converting disused buildings
There have been many headlines in the farming industry regarding the shortage of staff and the problems that creates....
The conflict between national heritage rules and complex VAT legislation
Work to listed buildings is complex with specialist buildings needing specialist tradesmen.
Establishing real commercial use
Pensfold, a Cayman Islands company, bought a small farm in 2017 with the intention of developing it into an eco-agritour...
Can money grow on trees?
Woodlands are currently potentially more profitable than they have been previously, possibly more so than they have been...
When a house is not a home
There is a need to review the tax position of residenti al property with haste.
CGT planning for farms
CGT is often forgotten when dealing with the affairs of a deceased though its impact can be considerable when, for examp...