Litman & anr v HMRC [2014] UKFTT 089 (TC)

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | June 2015 #150

This was the conjoined appeal of two taxpayers against penalty determinations issued against them by HMRC. The taxpayers, who were both business people who held directorships in a number of UK companies, had realised capital gains on the disposal of an entity known as Efforsenrab Ltd and land and buildings in Essex in the UK. They participated in a capital redemption policy scheme and claimed a capital loss arising from that scheme to be set against the capital gains which they had realised. They both signed a professional services agreement with a tax adviser under which it agreed to pr...

Agricultural Property Relief: A tale of two farms

Leigh Sagar clarifies the occupation of agricultural property for agricultural purposes ‘Two recent decisions highlight some of the difficulties that are being faced by executors in the area of agricultural property: HMRC v Atkinson and Hanson v HMRC.’ Agricultural property relief is available for transfers of agricultural land and pasture and specified buildings and woodlands …
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Agricultural Property Relief: A tale of two farms

Leigh Sagar clarifies the occupation of agricultural property for agricultural purposes ‘Two recent decisions highlight some of the difficulties that are being faced by executors in the area of agricultural property: HMRC v Atkinson and Hanson v HMRC.’ Agricultural property relief is available for transfers of agricultural land and pasture and specified buildings and woodlands …
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