Plans to change Agricultural Property Relief on tenanted land divides opinion

With proposals to restrict Agricultural Property Relief on let land under consideration by Government, Rachael Brown takes a look at the argument on both sides

Rachael Brown
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Plans to change Agricultural Property Relief on tenanted land divides opinion

Land agencies have been accused of ‘scaremongering' as the Government considers a proposal to restrict Agricultural Property Relief (APR) on let land to that which is let out for eight years or more...

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