IHTM24000 - Agricultural relief: contents


Introduction 
Overview of agricultural relief
Unquoted shares
Agricultural property
Character appropriate
Agricultural purposes
Occupation
Share farming and contract farming agreements
Occupation of farmhouses, cottages and farm buildings
Ownership
Replacement property
Successions
Successive transfers
The rate of relief
Value and valuation
The District Valuer
Lifetime transfers
Gifts With Reservation (GWRs)
Agricultural tenancies
Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) 1986
Inheritance tax implications of the AHA 1986 and Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991
Agricultural Tenancies Act (ATA) 1995
Other issues

Introduction


IHTM24001 Introduction to agricultural relief

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Overview of agricultural relief


IHTM24011 Outline of the relief
IHTM24012 General conditions
IHTM24013 Information sources
IHTM24014 Reviewing the information.
IHTM24015 Sole farming businesses
IHTM24016 Farming partnerships
IHTM24017 Deceased as landlord

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Unquoted shares


IHTM24020 Introduction
IHTM24021 Sale within three years of death
IHTM24022 Rate of relief
IHTM24023 Occupation and ownership tests
IHTM24024 Replacements

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Agricultural property


IHTM24030 Definition of agricultural property
IHTM24031 Definition of agricultural land or pasture
IHTM24032 Woodlands
IHTM24033 Buildings used for intensive rearing of livestock or fish
IHTM24034 Farm cottages
IHTM24035 Farm buildings
IHTM24036 Farmhouses
IHTM24037 Agricultural ‘property’
IHTM24038 Scotland
IHTM24039 Fishing rights
IHTM24040 Contracts and trusts for sale

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Character appropriate


IHTM24050 Introduction
IHTM24051 Farmhouses
IHTM24052 How are the factors to be balanced
IHTM24053 Golding v HMRC [2011] UKFTT 351 (TC)

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Agricultural purposes


IHTM24060 Introduction
IHTM24061 Qualifying uses of land
IHTM24062 Other uses of land
IHTM24063 Short rotation coppice
IHTM24064 Set-aside scheme
IHTM24065 The habitat scheme
IHTM24066 Countryside stewardship scheme
IHTM24067 Farm woodland premium scheme and other agri-environmental schemes
IHTM24068 Stud farms

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Occupation


IHTM24070 Introduction
IHTM24071 The occupation condition
IHTM24072 When is property occupied?
IHTM24073 When is land let on grazing licence?
IHTM24074 Definition of a lease as opposed to a licence
IHTM24075 Northern Ireland

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Share farming and contract farming agreements


IHTM24080 Introduction
IHTM24081 Share farming
IHTM24082 Contract farming
IHTM24083 When is property not occupied?

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Occupation of farmhouses, cottages and farm buildings


IHTM24090 Introduction
IHTM24091 Farmhouses
IHTM24092 Cottages
IHTM24093 Farm buildings

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Ownership


IHTM24100 Introduction
IHTM24101 Meaning of ownership
IHTM24102 Reversionary interests

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Replacement property


IHTM24110 Introduction
IHTM24111 Application of IHTA84/S118
IHTM24112 Limitation of relief
IHTM24113 Example of limiting the relief
IHTM24114 Interaction with business relief

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Successions


IHTM24120 Introduction
IHTM24121 Application of IHTA84/S120
IHTM24122 The occupation requirement
IHTM24123 Example of the occupation requirement
IHTM24124 Example of occupation by a company
IHTM24125 Application with the transitional provisions (working farmer relief)

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Successive transfers


IHTM24130 Introduction
IHTM24131 Application of IHTA84/S121
IHTM24132 The occupation condition
IHTM24133 Limitations on relief
IHTM24134 Examples of relief

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The rate of relief


IHTM24140 Introduction
IHTM24141 Vacant possession and the higher rate of relief
IHTM24142 Grazing licences and the higher rate of relief
IHTM24143 Tenancies created on or after 1/9/1995 and the higher rate
IHTM24144 Vacant possession and ESC F17
IHTM24145 Transitional provision for relief (working farmers relief) at the higher rate for let land

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Value and valuation


IHTM24150 Agricultural value of agricultural property
IHTM24151 Excess of value over agricultural value and Interaction with business relief
IHTM24152 Treatment of mortgages and debts
IHTM24153 Partnership interests
IHTM24154 Buildings and fixtures erected by tenant farmers
IHTM24155 Interaction with exemptions

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The District Valuer


IHTM24160 Introduction
IHTM24161 General issues
IHTM24162 Extent of agricultural property in the estate
IHTM24163 Investigation of character appropriate before VOA referral
IHTM24164 VOA interim report
IHTM24165 Role of the DV
IHTM24166 Character appropriate
IHTM24167 Additional advice on agricultural property

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Lifetime transfers


IHTM24170 Introduction
IHTM24171 Transfer of part of an agricultural holding
IHTM24172 Additional conditions
IHTM24173 The four additional conditions
IHTM24174 The original property
IHTM24175 Where shares or securities are original property
IHTM24176 Continuing ownership
IHTM24177 The remaining agricultural property
IHTM24178 Continuing occupation
IHTM24179 The transferee
IHTM24180 Failure to satisfy the additional conditions
IHTM24181 Replacement property (other than shares or securities)
IHTM24182 Replacement property (shares or securities)

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Gifts With Reservation (GWRs)


IHTM24200 Introduction
IHTM24201 Qualifying conditions (excluding shares)
IHTM24202 Agricultural property at the time of the GWR charge
IHTM24203 Qualifying conditions for shares and securities
IHTM24204 Interaction with business relief for shares and securities
IHTM24205 Notional transfer by the donee
IHTM24206 Disposal of gifted property by the donee

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Agricultural tenancies


IHTM24210 Introduction
IHTM24211 Overview of the legislation 1948 to 1995

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Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) 1986


IHTM24220 What is an agricultural holding?
IHTM24221 The protected tenancy
IHTM24222 Extension to statutory protection
IHTM24223 Exceptions to statutory protection
IHTM24224 Security of tenure
IHTM24225 Sub-tenancies of agricultural land
IHTM24226 Succession to agricultural holdings

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


IHTM24230 Introduction

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Agricultural Tenancies Act (ATA) 1995

IHTM24240 Introduction
IHTM24241 Tenancies excluded from the 1995 Act
IHTM24242 The contract of an ATA 1995 Act tenancy
IHTM24243 Inheritance tax implications of the ATA 1995

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Other issues


IHTM24250 Milk quotas
IHTM24251 Valuing milk quotas
IHTM24252 Sugar beet quotas
IHTM24253 Comparison with the income provisions (for farming and exploitation)
IHTM24254 Single payment scheme
IHTM24255 Form IHT414
IHTM24256 European Economic Area (EEA) - transfers of value on or after 22nd April 2009
IHTM24257 European Economic Area (EEA) - retrospective application for transfers of value before 22 April 2009