Agriculture

Our specialist farming department acts on behalf of many clients, from tenanted small holdings to landed estates. Advice extends to all areas of the business, from investment in machinery, share farming and corporation agreements to sale and acquisition of land.

Farming clients also benefit from specialised inheritance tax and capital gains tax planning. In particular we have built up expertise in tax issues relating to property development and capital taxes.

We have strong contacts with agricultural lending institutions and can assist in raising finance for whatever reason.

We provide extensive management support including targeted benchmarking comparisons, sophisticated forecasting and advice on farm diversification.

Many farms and farmers have involvement with family trusts. We have particular expertise in this area including the provision of trustee services.

We provide expert witness services should a farmer be faced with the possibility of litigation.

As part of our benchmarking process we compile an annual post harvest survey. This measures the crop yields from our regional farming clients and provides an analysis of the results with a commentary on significant business issues for farmers.  Please click below to read the report & survey in PDF format:

Harvest survey report 2011

Harvest Survey report 2010

For further advice or information, please contact Jonathan Tulloch, Peter Homent , Keith Bouttell or Martin Law.

Farming Helpsheet

Download our separate information sheet in connection with  inheritance tax and Vat & Farm Buildings. We hope that you find this relevant and informative. 

Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information.