Seminar and Learn Live Broadcasts

Farming & Diversification – Tax Planning Roundup

Live at Your Desk – Learn live – 09:30am – 3:30pm

With Farming going through the biggest changes in decades with the Agriculture Act 2020 and the change of subsidies to Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) this virtual classroom session will consider the key areas for farming and diversification.

Capital Taxes on Farms & Estates - session 1

POSTPONED, new date to be confirmed

This 6 hour live broadcast (split into two sessions over 23 and 24 June) will look in depth at the impact of the two major capital taxes, Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains Tax, on farmers and landowners; looking at the legislation, examining the relevant case law and consider HMRC's current approach to collecting tax from the farming industry with a focus on the current HMRC target areas including property income versus trading income, occupation and amenity value. Many argue that the beneficial capital taxes on farms and estates keep farm prices high. Consideration will be given to the impact of Brexit and the Agriculture Bill.

Capital Taxes on Farms & Estates - session 2

POSTPONED, new date to be confirmed

This 6 hour live broadcast (split into two sessions over 23 and 24 June) will look in depth at the impact of the two major capital taxes, Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains Tax, on farmers and landowners; looking at the legislation, examining the relevant case law and consider HMRC's current approach to collecting tax from the farming industry with a focus on the current HMRC target areas including property income versus trading income, occupation and amenity value. Many argue that the beneficial capital taxes on farms and estates keep farm prices high. Consideration will be given to the impact of Brexit and the Agriculture Bill.

CGT & IHT Relief for Farmers & Landowners – Managing the Risks

Live at Your Desk – Learn live – 1:15pm – 4:15pm

This virtual classroom seminar looks at the certainties and uncertainties of CGT & IHT relief for farmers & landowners embracing what action can be taken now and tax planning around the risks of uncertainty and maximising the criteria to achieve the relief. It will consider any possible changes post the Finance Act 2021, for example the super-deduction and the role of the limited company, and the Spring Statement 2022.

Acting for Farmers & Landowners – Tax Risks & Negligence Traps

Live at Your Desk – Learn live – 9:30am – 5:00pm

This live and interactive session is designed to give delegates a full overview of the tax risks and negligence traps currently facing the farming sector, with a particular focus on the role of the professional advisor in an ever-changing farming industry and looking at these problems in the context of a farm tax update.

In this highly practical session delegates will be provided with a summary of the common negligence traps that exist in acting for farmers and landowners incorporating development land. With increased values there are attacks from every corner, e.g. ‘stealing siblings’, threats of ‘undue influence’, consideration of testamentary capacity and a large number of farm disputes going through court. All tax planning angles of farm partnerships will also be looked at.

The Complexities of Equine Assets & Tax Explained

Live at Your Desk - Learn Live 1:30pm to 4:30pm

This new live broadcast will consider the full tax and VAT issues in the equine world ranging from dedicated equestrian business and competition yards to diversifying farmers in pre and post COVID-19 business survival.

Farming Partnerships & Accounts Disclosure - Risks & Pitfalls

Live at Your Desk - Learn Live 1:00pm to 4:00pm

This live broadcast will help you to understand the full complexity of the tax and legal implications of farm partnership accounts so as to ensure that your firm and farming clients are fully protected from the risks and pitfalls of inadequate and/or misleading accounts.

Development Land & Farming - A Tax Planning Guide

Live at Your Desk - Learn Live 10:15am to 1:15pm

This live broadcast session will consider tax planning around farm development land in terms of inheritance tax and capital gains tax for farmers with links to VAT, income tax and corporation tax.

Agricultural & Business Property relief - Beyond the Basics

Live at Your Desk - Learn Live 9:15am to 4:15pm

This 6 hour session aimed at private client solicitors and tax advisers will consider the maximisation of the interaction of Business Property Relief (BPR) and Agricultural Property Relief (APR) on a diversified farm and estate.

The advanced level session will outline the need for IHT planning NOW for the farm business, especially with the move away from pure farming, considerations around the implications of claims for APR and BPR around the Agriculture Act 2020, especially ELMs (Environmental Land Management schemes) and the need to “fill the subsidy gap” with profitable diversification and/or development projects.

Agricultural & Business Property Relief - Beyond the Basics

Live at Your Desk – Learn live – 9:15am – 4:15pm

Aimed at private client solicitors and tax advisers, this live broadcast session will consider the maximisation of the interaction of Business Property Relief (BPR) and Agricultural Property Relief (APR) on a diversified farm and estate.

The advanced level session will outline the need for IHT planning NOW for the farm business, especially with the move away from pure farming.

Farming Partnerships & Accounts Disclosure – Risks & Pitfalls

Live at Your Desk – Learn live – 1:00pm – 4:00pm

This new live broadcast will help you to understand the full complexity of the tax and legal implications of farm partnership accounts so as to ensure that your firm and farming clients are fully protected from the risks and pitfalls of inadequate and/or misleading accounts.

Development Land & Farming – A Tax Planning Guide in One Day

Live at Your Desk – Learn live – 10:15am – 1:15pm

This live broadcast session will consider tax planning around farm development land in terms of inheritance tax and capital gains tax for farmers with links to VAT, income tax and corporation tax. The session will cover tax planning around small and large farm developments post Boris’ statement to ‘build, build, build’ and the proposed reform of the Town and Country Planning Act 1947.

It will also consider rollover and business asset disposal relief (BADR) with the drop to £1 million limit and the emergence of the “rollover buyer”. There will be links with the need to incorporate farm development land tax planning into full farm succession planning.

Find out how to move forward with tax protection and planning with a farming client with potential development land for housing against a background of massive changes to farming.

ThoughtLeaders4 Landed Estates & Farm Tax Conference 2022 – London

9:00am to 5:40pm

Julie Butler is speaking on ‘Could you be the Lord of the Manor: Buying an Estate’ from 10:20am to 11:10am

The Complexities of Equine Assets & Tax Explained

Live at Your Desk – Learn live – 1:30pm – 4:30pm

This live broadcast session will consider all areas of equine tax planning.

Estate Planning – 2022 Virtual Conference

Online conference 10:00am – 4:15pm

Many tax advisers and estate planners are of the view that equine tax planning does not impact on their client base. However, the tax advantages and pitfalls can ‘creep into consideration’ in an unusual array of circumstances. Julie Butler will be speaking 11:10am – 12:10pm on Equine Tax & Estate Planning.

CGT & IHT Relief for Farmers & Landowners – Managing the Risks

Live at your desk 13:15 - 16:15 - Speaker: Julie Butler

A good deal of farm succession planning is based on the historically strong capital tax reliefs but all that might change with an APPG report suggesting the removal of APR and BPR together with OTS reports on proposed changes to IHT/CGT legislation.

This virtual classroom seminar looks at the certainties and uncertainties of CGT & IHT for farmers & landowners embracing what action can be taken now and tax planning around the risks of uncertainty. It will consider any possible changes post the Spring Budget 2021.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE – Capital Taxes on Farms & Estates

Live at your desk 09:30 – 16:30 - Speaker: Julie Butler

This live broadcast session will look in depth at the impact of the two major capital taxes, Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains Tax, on farmers and landowners; looking at the legislation and also examining the relevant case law and consider HMRC's current approach to collecting tax from the farming industry. Consideration will be given to the impact of Brexit and the Agriculture Bill.

There will be a focus on the current HMRC target areas including property income versus trading income, occupation and amenity value.

MBL Learn Live Course - Agricultural & Business Property Relief - Beyond the Basics

Live at Your Desk – 9:15am – 4:15pm – Speaker: Julie Butler

Aimed at private client solicitors and tax advisers, this live broadcast session will consider the maximisation of the interaction of Business Property Relief (BPR) and Agricultural Property Relief (APR) on a diversified farm and estate.

The advanced level session will outline the need for IHT planning at an early stage of the farm business, especially with the move away from pure farming, and at the all-important drafting and review of the will.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE – 'Lifestyle' Farm Purchases & Estate Planning - The Pros & Cons Explored

Live at your desk 13:00 – 16:00 - Speaker: Julie Butler

The purchase of a farm by a ‘lifestyler’ can be very tax efficient. With the reduction in the BADR limit from £10million to £1million, the use of rollover relief to buy the lifestyle farm has become more attractive for some clients. This virtual classroom seminar will set out the advantages and disadvantages of the purchase as an estate tax planning tool whilst looking at current changes in farming and diversification.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE - Acting for Farmers & Landowners - Tax Risks & Negligence Traps

Live at Your Desk 09:30 – 17:00 - Speaker: Julie Butler

This live and interactive session is designed to give delegates a full overview of the tax risks and negligence traps currently facing the farming sector, with a particular focus on the role of the professional advisor in an ever-changing farming industry and looking at these problems in the context of a farm tax update.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE – Farming Partnerships & Accounts Disclosure – Risks & Pitfalls

Live at your desk 13:00 – 16:00 - Speaker: Julie Butler

This new live broadcast will help you to understand the full complexity of the tax and legal implications of farm partnership accounts so as to ensure that your firm and farming clients are fully protected from the risks and pitfalls of inadequate and/or misleading accounts.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE - Development Land & Farming - A Tax Planning Guide

Live at Your Desk 10:15 – 13:15 - Speaker: Julie Butler

This live broadcast session will consider how to tax plan for farm development land in terms of IHT and CGT for farmers with links to income tax and corporation tax. The session will cover tax planning around small and large developments post Boris’ statement to ‘build, build, build’ and the proposed reform of the Town and Country Planning Act 1947.

It will also consider rollover and business asset disposal relief (BADR) with the drop to £1 million limit and the emergence of the rollover buyer. There will be links with the need to incorporate development land tax planning into full farm succession planning.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE - Farming & Diversification - Tax Planning Roundup

With Farming going through the biggest changes in decades with the Agriculture Act 2020 and the change of subsidies to Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) this virtual classroom session will consider the key areas for farming and diversification.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE - CGT & IHT Relief for Farmers & Landowners - Managing the Risks

Live at your desk 13:15 - 16:15 - Speaker: Julie Butler

A good deal of farm succession planning is based on the historically strong capital tax reliefs but all that might change with an APPG report suggesting the removal of APR and BPR together with OTS reports on proposed changes to IHT/CGT legislation.

This virtual classroom seminar looks at the certainties and uncertainties of CGT & IHT for farmers & landowners embracing what action can be taken now and tax planning around the risks of uncertainty. It will consider any possible changes post the Spring Budget 2021.

Agricultural Law – 2021 Virtual Conference

Chaired by Sarah Denney-Richards, this live online conference will examine a range of important and topical issues. Each session will provide opportunity for questions and answers.

Julie Butler will be delivering the 11:10am-12:10pm session: IHT & CGT for Farmers.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE – Agricultural & Business Property Relief – Beyond the Basics

Live at your desk 9:30am - 4:30pm - Speaker: Julie Butler

Aimed at private client solicitors and tax advisers, this live broadcast session will consider the maximisation of the interaction of Business Property Relief (BPR) and Agricultural Property Relief (APR) on a diversified farm and estate.

The advanced level session will outline the need for IHT planning at an early stage of the farm business, especially with the move away from pure farming, and at the all-important drafting and review of the will.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE – The Complexities of Equine Assets & Tax Explained

Live at your desk 13:30 – 16:30 - Speaker: Julie Butler

This new live broadcast will consider the full tax and VAT issues in the equine world in pre and post COVID-19 business survival. Julie Butler is author of Equine Tax Planning together with Tax Planning for Farm & Land Diversification and the broadcast therefore has a wide view on all areas equestrian.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE – 'Lifestyle' Farm Purchases & Estate Planning - The Pros & Cons Explored

Live at your desk 13:00 – 16:00 - Speaker: Julie Butler

The purchase of a farm by a ‘lifestyler’ can be very tax efficient. With the reduction in the BADR limit from £10million to £1million, the use of rollover relief to buy the lifestyle farm has become more attractive for some clients. This virtual classroom seminar will set out the advantages and disadvantages of the purchase as an estate tax planning tool whilst looking at current changes in farming and diversification.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE – Farming Partnerships & Accounts Disclosure – Risks & Pitfalls

Live at your desk 10:00 – 13:00 - Speaker: Julie Butler

This new live broadcast will help you to understand the full complexity of the tax and legal implications of farm partnership accounts so as to ensure that your firm and farming clients are fully protected from the risks and pitfalls of inadequate and/or misleading accounts.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE – CGT & IHT Relief for Farmers & Landowners – Managing the Risks

Live at your desk 13:15 - 16:15 - Speaker: Julie Butler

A good deal of farm succession planning is based on the historically strong capital tax reliefs but all that might change with an APPG report suggesting the removal of APR and BPR together with OTS reports on proposed changes to IHT/CGT legislation.

This virtual classroom seminar looks at the certainties and uncertainties of CGT & IHT for farmers & landowners embracing what action can be taken now and tax planning around the risks of uncertainty. It will consider any possible changes post the Spring Budget 2021.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE – Capital Taxes on Farms & Estates

Live at your desk 09:30 – 16:30 - Speaker: Julie Butler

This live broadcast session will look in depth at the impact of the two major capital taxes, Inheritance Tax and Capital Gains Tax, on farmers and landowners; looking at the legislation and also examining the relevant case law and consider HMRC's current approach to collecting tax from the farming industry. Consideration will be given to the impact of Brexit and the Agriculture Bill.

There will be a focus on the current HMRC target areas including property income versus trading income, occupation and amenity value.

Estate Planning – 2021 Conference

Chaired by Jo Summers and delivered by a panel of experts, this conference will focus on key developments in law and practice in a wide range of areas from IHT reforms, through to effective use of lifetime IHT exemptions and reliefs to mitigate IHT.

Julie Butler will be delivering the 10.00am - 11.00am session: Purchasing the Lifestyle Farm for Tax Relief Advantages

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE – Development Land & Farming – A Tax Planning Guide in One Day

Live at your desk 09:30 – 12:30 - Speaker: Julie Butler

This live broadcast session will consider how to tax plan for farm development land in terms of inheritance tax and capital gains tax for farmers with links to income tax and corporation tax.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE – Agricultural & Business Property Relief – Beyond the Basics

Live at your desk 09:30 – 16:30 - Speaker: Julie Butler

Aimed at private client solicitors and tax advisers this live broadcast session will consider the maximisation of the interaction of Business Property Relief (BPR) and Agricultural Property Relief (APR) on a diversified farm and estate with the advanced level session outlining the need for IHT planning at an early stage of the farm business, especially with the move away from pure farming, and at the all-important drafting and review of the will.

CIOT Thames Valley – Farming Conference

Online digital course – 14:00-17:15

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE - The Complexities of Equine Assets & Tax Explained

Live at your desk 13:30 – 16:30 - Speaker: Julie Butler

This new live broadcast will consider the full tax and VAT issues in the equine world in pre and post COVID-19 business survival.

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE - Acting for Farmers & Landowners - Tax Risks & Negligence Traps

Live at Your Desk - 9.30am – 5.00pm – Speaker: Julie Butler

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE - Farming Partnerships & Accounts Disclosure – Risks & Pitfalls

Live at Your Desk - 1.30pm – 4.30pm – Speaker: Julie Butler

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE - Agricultural & Business Property Relief – Beyond the Basics

Live at Your Desk - 9.30am – 5.15pm – Speaker: Julie Butler

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE - Capital Taxes on Farms & Estates

Live at Your Desk - 9.30am – 5.15pm – Speaker: Julie Butler

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE - Development Land & Farming – A Tax Planning Guide

Live at Your Desk - 1.30 – 4.30 – Speaker: Julie Butler

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE - Farming Partnerships & Accounts Disclosure – Risks & Pitfalls

Live at Your Desk - 1.30 – 4.30 – Speaker: Julie Butler

MBL LEARN LIVE COURSE - The Complexities of Equine Assets & Tax Explained

Live at Your Desk - 1.30 – 4.30 – Speaker: Julie Butler

Agricultural & Business Property Relief – Beyond the Basics – Manchester

This brand new full day course is aimed at private client solicitors and tax advisers. It will consider the maximisation of the interaction of Business Property Relief (BPR) and Agricultural Property Relief (APR) on a diversified farm and estate.

The advanced level course will outline the need for IHT planning at an early stage of the farm business, especially with the move away from pure farming, and at the all-important drafting and review of the will.

Development Land & Farming – A Tax Planning Guide – Manchester

This full day seminar will consider how to tax plan for development land in terms of both inheritance tax and capital gains tax for farmers. The course covers tax planning around small and large developments. It will also consider rollover and entrepreneur’s relief.

Acting for Farmers & Landowners – Tax Risks & Negligence Traps – Leeds

This full day course is designed to give delegates a full overview of the tax risks and negligence traps currently facing the farming sector, with a particular focus on the role of the professional advisor in an ever-changing industry and looking at these problems in the context of a farm tax update.