Capital Acquisitions Tax
Margaret Nolan on 03 Feb 2021
Money Mentor: the benefits of early succession planning on farms
In the first of a four part series Money Mentor Margaret Nolan advises that early discussion is vital for farm businesses' succession planning but that is just the first hurdle to overcome
Margaret Nolan on 03 Feb 2021
Money Mentor: the benefits of early succession planning on farms
In the first of a four part series, Margaret Nolan advises that early discussion is vital for succession planning, but also that is just the first hurdle to overcome.
Contributor on 03 Oct 2020
Your Money: tax reliefs increase the attractiveness of forestry
Licensing has been the issue making the forestry headlines, but there are other considerations. Forester Paddy Bruton summarises owners’ concerns on taxation
Contributor on 30 Sep 2020
Your Money: tax reliefs increase the attractiveness of forestry
Licensing has been the issue making the forestry news, but there are other considerations. Forester Paddy Bruton summarises owners’ concerns on taxation
Aisling Meehan on 07 Aug 2020
Legal Matters: tax implications of my nephew buying my house
Solicitor Aisling Meehan responds to a reader’s query who is worried about the possible tax implications that would be imposed should their nephew buy their house
Aisling Meehan on 05 Aug 2020
Tax implications of my nephew buying my house
Solicitor Aisling Meehan responds to a reader’s query who is worried about the possible tax implications that would be imposed should their nephew buy their house
Amy Forde on 22 Jul 2020
Changes on the horizon for the Green Cert
Teagasc has proposed that part-time farmers will need to complete more study time in order to obtain the Green Cert.
Odile Evans on 26 Jun 2019
Succession case study: my daughter will soon turn 35, should I transfer now?
Declan McEvoy looks at a case where a father and daughter are farming together but the daughter will soon turn 35, should the farm be transferred now?
Anthony Jordan on 24 Mar 2019
Land Price Report: using farmland to transfer wealth
For some high-net-worth individuals, purchasing land may be a good way to transfer assets to the next generation, writes Declan McEvoy.
Contributor on 24 Mar 2019
Long read: the ABCs of buying and selling land
Are you thinking of buying or selling land? Shirley Busteed, Aisling Meehan and ifac’s Declan McEvoy outline the ABCs of the sale and purchase of farmland.
Matt Dempsey on 22 Nov 2017
Home Farm: renewable customer
We are still at the early stages of what I suspect is going to be a lengthy saga.
Matt Dempsey on 18 Oct 2017
Dempsey at Large: missing the core point of farm transfer
Farmland as an asset class is intrinsically different from an office block in Ballsbridge. To lump them in together is bizarre.
Contributor on 13 Sep 2017
Budget must support farming as Brexit bites
IFA president Joe Healy led a delegation to meet Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe last week to present IFA’s pre-budget submission.
Aisling Meehan on 07 Aug 2017
Legal query: €20,000 tax credit for child building house on farm
I am due to be gifted/inherit the family farm in the coming years. How will the site transfer affect this?
Peter Young on 14 Jun 2017
Money Mentor: Giving a gift to get it back
This week, Money Mentor Peter Young advises a couple on transferring assets to their children
Aisling Meehan on 08 Mar 2017
Thinking of retiring - what are the options?
Many couples in their 60s find themselves in a situation where their children have no desire to continue farming the family farm which means decisions have to be made for the future.
Contributor on 07 Dec 2016
Renewables: take tax and legal advice
Kieran Hartley, businessman and European candidate, encourages farmers to take adequate and proper tax and legal advice before starting a commercial solar venture on the family farm.
Contributor on 19 Oct 2016
Access to cheaper credit a major positive from Budget 2017
Macra na Feirme has welcomed the focus by Minister for Finance Michael Noonan on credit, cashflow and land mobility/inheritance in Budget 2017.
Matt Dempsey on 12 Oct 2016
Home Farm - Solar ambitions abandoned for now
There are so many potential pitfalls in this whole area that it is with enormous reluctance that I am proposing to abandon the project unless I have legislative certainty.
Odile Evans on 05 Oct 2016
What farm organisations want from Budget 2017
Managing income volatility is a common thread to all four of the main farm organisations' pre-budget submissions.