Farm Inheritance Tax - Not Just Land
In this second post I will demonstrate how inheritance tax can affect a tenant farmer by referring to a real life example from my past...
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Jul 2, 20233 min read
When to blow the budget!
Every person that has well run personal or business finances works to a budget of various simplicity or complexity. Whether it be how...
Jun 28, 20235 min read
Overdraft Charges
Farming businesses have seen considerable rises in working capital requirements that is, the amount of cash required to see your...
Feb 6, 20238 min read
DEALING WITH CROP FAILURE
INTRODUCTION This guide is designed primarily for UK arable farmers but can be applied to others especially those businesses with a...
Jun 1, 20224 min read
What Bank Manager?
In July 2021 I posted a detailed description on how a Bank manager views a farm for lending risk purposes. The advice in it still holds...
Sep 1, 20214 min read
Are Alpacas Commercially Viable?
In May 2012, Dianne Simmons, the first known person to catch TB from alpacas in the UK said, " I fear petting zoos could be riddled with...
Aug 15, 20218 min read
FARMING FOR NOWT – (Part 4 TAKING CONTROL OF CASH)
There are three areas you need to examine to take control of your money: LOOK AT THE FOLLOWING THREE AREAS TO TAKE ACTION: 1. CONTROL...
Aug 14, 20215 min read
FARMING FOR NOWT (Part 3 – Tracking your money).
Many times as an Agricultural Bank Manager I sat down with an apparently profitable farming business and the owners sat there open...
Aug 13, 20215 min read
FARMING FOR NOWT (Part 2 – how you feel about your farm? and Sources of help)
How do you feel about your farm? • Does it feel harder than it should be? • Are you constantly short of money? • Do you keep receiving...
Aug 12, 20215 min read
FARMING FOR NOWT (Part 1 Your attitude towards money).
This series of four posts is a very simple guide for you to explore where your farm’s money is going to and what you can do about it....
Jul 19, 202112 min read
How a Bank views my Farm?
In the following I make no apology for the simplicity of what I have put. What seems obvious to one person is not to another. Indeed it...
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