Farms and Rural Business

With the unexpected closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme, we discuss what that means for SFI agreement holders.

Our Farms and Rural Business team summarises key changes to Capital Grants and to the Higher Level Stewardship and Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier Schemes.

Laurie Hill, Partner in our specialist Farms and Rural Business team, looks at the latest funding opportunities that encourage farmers to adopt modern and sustainable farming practices.

Bruce Masson, Partner in our Farms & Rural Business team, looks at the changes to inheritance tax that were outlined in the Budget statement, and highlights what this will mean to those with farming businesses.

Our Farms and Rural Business team dive into the Basis Period Reform and pull out what this might mean for those in the farming sector.

We discuss what you should bear in mind about overlapping taxes when an agricultural holding comes up for sale or passes under an inheritance.

Farms and Rural Business Manager, Andrew Whiting, discusses the end of the BPS scheme and how to make a claim against this loss, with HMRC.

Partner, Laurie Hill, reminds those with on-site sources of renewable energy to act soon if they want to claim Renewable Energy Guarantee of Origin (REGO) certificates.

Bruce Masson discusses the Government’s response on the consultation and its call for evidence taxation.

We explain some of the possible tax implications of common farm diversification methods.