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?
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Valuable Reliefs
NICK HUGHES explains the rules of business property and agricultural property reliefs.
Analysis of the Special Commissioners' decision in Rysaffe Trustee Company (Channel Islands) Ltd, which has interesting implications for trustees of discretionary trusts under inheritance tax rules
