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Farmer in yard

IHT health check – are you ready for 6 April 2026?

On 23 December 2025, HM Treasury made an announcement confirming…

Agricultural Focus Winter 2025/6

The Winter 2025/6 edition of the Agricultural Focus is now…

Increase in inheritance tax allowance for farmers and business owners

As we approach the end 2025, we finally have some…
Budget tax news

Budget news – what does it mean for farming and agriculture?

The Chancellor has unveiled her Autumn Budget. The small change…
Matt

Farms & Estates – Meet the Team: Matt Davies, Tax Manager

Tell us a bit about your career so far My…

Upcoming IHT reforms: key changes for individuals and trusts

On 21 July 2025, the UK government released draft legislation…

Rural sector update: Understanding HMRC rules on beater’s wages and casual workers

In rural and agricultural settings, particularly during harvest and shooting…

Agricultural Focus Autumn 2025

The Autumn 2025 edition of the Agricultural Focus is now…

Cultivating compliance – navigating VAT in farming

Capital goods scheme (CGS) The CGS is designed to ensure…

How can a trust be beneficial for your farming business?

When people hear the word ‘trust’ they tend to run…

Inheritance tax – where are we now?

The chancellor’s October 2024 budget rewrote the rule book for…

Agricultural Focus Summer 2025

The latest edition of the Agricultural Focus for Summer 2025…

Rural Accountancy Group report

The real impact of the 2024 Autumn Budget IHT announcements.…

Agricultural Focus Winter 2024-5

The latest edition of the Agricultural Focus for Winter 2024-5…
Farming accountants

Farms and Estates update: UK arable market – the cash rollercoaster

The UK total income from farming is estimated to be…
Alex Greves

Farms and Estates news: Meet the Team – Alex Greves

Tell us a bit about your career so far I…

Farms and Estates update: Tax implications of finance

Most businesses use finance to support their day-to-day cash flow…
Farmer in yard

Agricultural Focus Autumn 2024

The latest edition of the Agricultural Focus for Autumn 2024…
Female farmers talking

Finance Professionals’ Corner – Autumn 2024

We’ve asked a selection of our professional finance partners to…

Farms and Estates news: Meet the Team – Heidi Bradley

Tell us a bit about your career so far My…

Farms and Estates news: Furnished holiday lettings regime – update

It was announced in the Spring Budget that the advantageous…

Farms and Estates update: Employing family members

Help from family members in farming businesses is a common…

Farms and Estates update: The Agricultural Holdings Act – Tenancy Succession

The basics  An agricultural tenancy granted before 1 September 1995…
Wildflower margin

Farms and Estates update: Biodiversity Net Gain

Biodiversity Net Gain  Having first been introduced in The Environment…