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Conditions for sideways loss relief

17 January 2022
Issue: 4824 / Categories: Tax cases
A Naghshineh v CRC, Court of Appeal, 13 January 2022

In 1995 the taxpayer bought a conventional working agricultural farm of about 75 acres. He acquired more land until by 2007 the farm extended to 438 acres. He was a businessman and had no experience of running a farm. He never lived in the farmhouse and in 2007 he employed a general manager but had to make him redundant in 2010.

The farm was run on an organic basis until 2009-10 when the taxpayer reverted to conventional methods. He carried on other activities on the farm including a box scheme holiday lets a farm shop a micro-brewery toymaking and a mustard business.

The farm made losses from the year he bought it until 2012-13. Since then it has been profitable. The taxpayer claimed sideways loss relief for the five-year period 2007-08 to 2011-2012. HMRC refused on the basis there was no expectation...

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