IHTM24000 - Agricultural relief: contents


Introduction
Overview of agricultural relief
Unlisted 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 1986
IHT implications of the AHA1986 and Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 1991
Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995
Other issues

Introduction

IHTM24001Introduction to agricultural relief

Overview of agricultural relief

IHTM24011Outline of the relief
IHTM24012General conditions
IHTM24013Information sources
IHTM24014Reviewing the information.
IHTM24015Sole farming businesses
IHTM24016Farming partnerships
IHTM24017Deceased as landlord

Unquoted shares

IHTM24020Introduction
IHTM24021Sale within three years of death
IHTM24022Rate of relief
IHTM24023Occupation and ownership tests
IHTM24024Replacements

Agricultural property

IHTM24030Definition of agricultural property
IHTM24031Definition of agricultural land or pasture
IHTM24032Woodlands
IHTM24033Buildings used for intensive rearing of livestock or fish
IHTM24034Farm cottages
IHTM24035Farm buildings
IHTM24036Farmhouses
IHTM24037Agricultural ‘property’
IHTM24038Scotland
IHTM24039Fishing rights
IHTM24040Contracts and trusts for sale

Character appropriate

IHTM24050Introduction
IHTM24051Farmhouses
IHTM24052How are the factors to be balanced

Agricultural purposes

IHTM24060Introduction
IHTM24061Qualifying uses of land
IHTM24062Other uses of land
IHTM24063Short rotation coppice
IHTM24064Set-aside scheme
IHTM24065The habitat scheme
IHTM24066Countryside stewardship scheme
IHTM24067Farm woodland premium scheme and other agri-environmental schemes
IHTM24068Stud farms

Occupation

IHTM24070Introduction
IHTM24071The occupation condition
IHTM24072When is property occupied?
IHTM24073When is land let on grazing licence?
IHTM24074Definition of a lease as opposed to a licence
IHTM24075Northern Ireland

Share farming and contract farming agreements

IHTM24080Introduction
IHTM24081Share farming
IHTM24082Contract farming
IHTM24083When is property not occupied?

Occupation of farmhouses, cottages and farm buildings

IHTM24090Introduction
IHTM24091Farmhouses
IHTM24092Cottages
IHTM24093Farm buildings

Ownership

IHTM24100Introduction
IHTM24101Meaning of ownership
IHTM24102Reversionary interests

Replacement property

IHTM24110Introduction
IHTM24111Application of IHTA84/S118
IHTM24112Limitation of relief
IHTM24113Example of limiting the relief
IHTM24114Interaction with business relief

Successions

IHTM24120Introduction
IHTM24121Application of IHTA84/S120
IHTM24122The occupation requirement
IHTM24123Example of the occupation requirement
IHTM24124Example of occupation by a company
IHTM24125Application with the transitional provisions (working farmer relief)

Successive transfers

IHTM24130Introduction
IHTM24131Application of IHTA84/S121
IHTM24132The occupation condition
IHTM24133Limitations on relief
IHTM24134Examples of relief

The rate of relief

IHTM24140Introduction
IHTM24141Vacant possession and the higher rate of relief
IHTM24142Grazing licences and the higher rate of relief
IHTM24143Tenancies created on or after 1/9/1995 and the higher rate
IHTM24144Vacant possession and ESC F17
IHTM24145Transitional provision for relief (working farmers relief) at the higher rate for let land

Value and valuation

IHTM24150Agricultural value of agricultural property
IHTM24151Excess of value over agricultural value and Interaction with business relief
IHTM24152Treatment of mortgages and debts
IHTM24153Partnership interests
IHTM24154Buildings and fixtures erected by tenant farmers
IHTM24155Interaction with exemptions

The District Valuer

IHTM24160Introduction
IHTM24161General issues
IHTM24162Extent of agricultural property in the estate
IHTM24163Investigation of character appropriate prior to VOA referral
IHTM24164VOA interim report
IHTM24165Role of the DV
IHTM24166Character appropriate
IHTM24167Additional advice on agricultural property

Lifetime transfers

IHTM24170Introduction
IHTM24171Transfer of part of an agricultural holding
IHTM24172Additional conditions
IHTM24173The four additional conditions
IHTM24174The original property
IHTM24175Where shares or securities are original property
IHTM24176Continuing ownership
IHTM24177The remaining agricultural property
IHTM24178Continuing occupation
IHTM24179The transferee
IHTM24180Failure to satisfy the additional conditions
IHTM24181Replacement property (other than shares or securities)
IHTN24182Replacement property (shares or securities)

Gifts with reservation of benefit

IHTM24200Introduction
IHTM24201Qualifying conditions (excluding shares)
IHTM24202Agricultural property at the time of the GWR charge
IHTM24203Qualifying conditions for shares and securities
IHTM24204Interaction with business relief for shares and securities
IHTM24205Notional transfer by the donee
IHTM24206Disposal of gifted property by the donee

Agricultural tenancies

IHTM24210Introduction
IHTM24211Overview of the legislation 1948 to 1995

Agricultural Holdings Act (AHA) 1986

IHTM24220What is an agricultural holding?
IHTM24221The protected tenancy
IHTM24222Extension to statutory protection
IHTM24223Exceptions to statutory protection
IHTM24224Security of tenure
IHTM24225Sub-tenancies of agricultural land
IHTM24226Succession to agricultural holdings

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

IHTM24230Introduction

Agricultural Tenancies Act (ATA) 1995

IHTM24240Introduction
IHTM24241Tenancies excluded from the 1995 Act
IHTM24242The contract of an ATA 1995 Act tenancy
IHTM24243Inheritance tax implications of the ATA 1995

Other issues

IHTM24250Milk quotas
IHTM24251Valuing milk quotas
IHTM24252Sugar beet quotas
IHTM24253Comparison with the income provisions (for farming and exploitation)
IHTM24254Single payment scheme
IHTM24255Form IHT414