IHTM24000 - Agricultural relief: contents


Introduction
Investigating agricultural relief
Investigation in 100% relief cases
Liaison with the District Valuer
What is agricultural property?
Value and valuation of agricultural property
The rate of agricultural relief
What are agricultural purposes?
The occupation condition
The ownership condition
Replacement property
Successions
Successive transfers
Lifetime transfers
Additional conditions for lifetime transfers
Gifts with reservation of benefit
Agricultural tenancies

click here to return to topIntroduction

IHTM24001Introduction
IHTM24002Outline of the relief
IHTM24003Contracts and trusts for sale

click here to return to topInvestigating agricultural relief

IHTM24011Ascertaining the facts
IHTM24012Relief on death – chart
IHTM24013Relief on potentially exempt transfers – chart
IHTM24014Relief on lifetime transfers chargeable when made - chart
IHTM24015Form D13 and D37

click here to return to topInvestigation in 100% relief cases

IHTM24021General approach
IHTM24022Sole farming businesses
IHTM24023Farming partnerships
IHTM24024Deceased as landlord
IHTM24025Interaction cases
IHTM24026Unquoted shares

click here to return to topLiaison with the District Valuer

IHTM24031Introduction
IHTM24032Role of IHT: general issues
IHTM24033Role of IHT: establishing the extent of the agricultural property in the estate, especially where "character appropriate" may be an issue
IHTM24034Role of IHT: action upon receipt of VOA interim agricultural report
IHTM24035Role of Valuation Office Agency (VOA): general issues
IHTM24036Role of Valuation Office Agency (VOA): character appropriate
IHTM24037Role of Valuation Office Agency (VOA): additional advice on agricultural property

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IHTM24041Definition of agricultural property
IHTM24042Agricultural land or pasture
IHTM24043Woodlands
IHTM24044Buildings used for intensive rearing of livestock or fish
IHTM24045Farm cottages
IHTM24046Farm buildings
IHTM24047Farmhouses
IHTM24048Short rotation coppice
IHTM24049Stud farms
IHTM24050Growing crops, cultivations and unexhausted manures
IHTM24051Fishing and sporting rights
IHTM24052Set-aside scheme
IHTM24053The Habitat Scheme
IHTM24054The Countryside Stewardship scheme
IHTM24055Other agri-environment schemes
IHTM24056Milk Quota
IHTM24057Obtaining a value for Milk Quota
IHTM24058Potato and other crop quotas

click here to return to topValue and valuation of agricultural property

IHTM24071Agricultural value of agricultural property
IHTM24072Excess of value over agricultural value - interaction with business relief
IHTM24073Treatment of mortgages and debts
IHTM24074Partnership interests
IHTM24075Buildings and fixtures erected by a tenant farmer
IHTM24076Interaction with exemptions

click here to return to topThe rate of agricultural relief

IHTM24081Introduction
IHTM24082What rate of relief applies? – chart
IHTM24083The rate of agricultural relief: vacant possession and the higher rate
IHTM24084The rate of agricultural relief: grazing licences and the higher rate
IHTM24085The rate of agricultural relief: tenancies created on or after 1 September 1995 and the higher rate
IHTM24086The rate of agricultural relief: extra statutory concession F17 about vacant possession
IHTM24087The rate of agricultural relief: special rules for farm cottages
IHTM24088The rate of agricultural relief: transitional relief at the higher rate for let land
IHTM24089The rate of agricultural relief: Relief under FA 75/SCH8
IHTM24090The rate of relief: the lower rate on all other property

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IHTM24101Introduction
IHTM24102Qualifying uses of land
IHTM24103Other uses of land
IHTM24104Uses of farmhouses, cottages and other buildings

click here to return to topThe occupation condition

IHTM24111Introduction to the occupation and ownership conditions and details of the occupation condition
IHTM24112Two-year occupation test – chart
IHTM24113When is a property occupied?
IHTM24114When is a property not occupied?
IHTM24115When is a farmhouse not occupied, the case of Executors of G W Harrold deceased v CIR Sp C 71

click here to return to topThe ownership condition

IHTM24121Introduction
IHTM24122Seven-year ownership test - chart
IHTM24123What is the meaning of ownership?
IHTM24124When is land let on a grazing license considered occupied by the deceased/transferor or another
IHTM24125Reversionary interests

click here to return to topReplacement property

IHTM24131Introduction
IHTM24132Two year occupation test – chart
IHTM24133Seven year ownership test – chart
IHTM24134Application of IHTA84/S118
IHTM24135Limitation of relief
IHTM24136Example of limiting the relief
IHTM24137Interaction with business relief

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IHTM24141Introduction
IHTM24142Two year occupation test – chart
IHTM24143Seven year ownership test - chart
IHTM24144Application of IHTA84/S120
IHTM24145The occupation requirement
IHTM24146Example of the occupation requirement
IHTM24147Example of occupation by a company
IHTM24148Application with the transitional provisions

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IHTM24151Introduction
IHTM24152Conditions to be satisfied – chart
IHTM24153Application of IHTA84/S121
IHTM24154The occupation condition
IHTM24155Limitations on relief
IHTM24156Examples of relief

click here to return to topLifetime transfers

IHTM24161Introduction
IHTM24162Value transferred greater than the value of the property transferred
IHTM24163Property is agricultural only by reference to estate as a whole

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IHTM24171Introduction
IHTM24172The additional conditions – chart
IHTM24173The four conditions
IHTM24174Original property
IHTM24175Where shares or securities are the original property
IHTM24176Continuing ownership
IHTM24177Remaining agricultural property
IHTM24178Continuing occupation
IHTM24179The transferee
IHTM24180Failure to satisfy the conditions
IHTM24181Replacement property (other than shares or securities)
IHTM24182Replacement property (other than shares or securities) – chart
IHTM24183Replacement property; shares or securities

click here to return to topGifts with reservation of benefit

IHTM24191Introduction
IHTM24192Relief for agricultural property
IHTM24193Relief for agricultural property - chart
IHTM24194Agricultural property at the time of the GWR charge
IHTM24195Relief for shares and securities
IHTM24196Interaction with business relief for shares and securities
IHTM24197Relief for shares and securities - chart
IHTM24198Notional transfer by the donee
IHTM24199Substitutions and accretions

click here to return to topAgricultural tenancies

IHTM24201Introduction
IHTM24202Overview of the legislation 1948 to 1995
IHTM24203Definition of a lease as opposed to a licence

Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) 1986

IHTM24211What is an agricultural holding?
IHTM24212The protected annual tenancy
IHTM24213Extension to statutory protection
IHTM24214Exceptions to statutory protection
IHTM24215Occupation that does create a tenancy
IHTM24216Security of tenure
IHTM24217Sub-tenancies of agricultural land
IHTM24218Succession to agricultural holdings
IHTM24219Compensation on termination of the tenancy

Inheritance tax implications of the AHA 1986 and Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991

IHTM24220Inheritance tax implications of the AHA 1986 and Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991

Agricultural Tenancies Act (ATA) 1995

IHTM24231Introduction
IHTM24232The business conditions
IHTM24233The agriculture condition
IHTM24234The notice condition
IHTM24235Tenancies excluded from the 1995 Act
IHTM24236The contract of a farm business tenancy

Inheritance tax implications of the ATA 1995

IHTM24240Inheritance tax implications of the ATA 1995