AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURE - SERVICES WE PROVIDE

Our rural business is built around experience and knowledge. The rural team comprises many who are from farming families, often educated with agricultural degrees. We understand the practicalities of farming and are at home speaking, advising and acting for our rural clients.

Our knowledge covers not only accounting, financial and taxation based areas, but also farm advisory and grant assistance. Our clients are based throughout Scotland covering all types of farming, estates and rural businesses. Clients vary in size from the small crofter to large estate owner, but the commonality is that for all our clients we have the right people with the breadth of experience to understand our clients' business and the technical expertise to deliver a quality service.

Tax Planning
The core area of our business is tax planning. This covers a wide range of planning for different types of client. We cover all income, capital and indirect taxes, such as VAT and stamp duty planning. For the most profitable businesses we can deliver planning which minimises the tax cost. We advise on capital expenditure, tax allowances and re-structuring businesses to maximise opportunities and minimise tax.

Succession planning is an area that requires technical expertise in capital taxes, but also necessitates experience and understanding. We have the resources to deal with the most complex of situations and the experience to handle the delicate and difficult issues.

For landed estates we will advise you on suitable onshore and offshore structures, to achieve optimal tax efficiency.

We have experts dedicated to VAT planning, which has an increasing relevance in rural business, particularly landed estates and rural property development. With sales of land or buildings for development we advise on suitable, onshore and offshore structures, to achieve optimal tax efficiency.

Working with your other advisors, we provide commercial and specialist taxation, VAT and Stamp Duty Land Tax advice to achieve optimal efficiency in contracts. Whether you are acquiring or disposing of land or entitlement/quota, our input should add value to the process. We also advise regularly on tenancy issues and leases.

The complex world of finance concerning day to day working capital, intermediate finance for asset acquisition and long-term finance for property acquisition requires careful judgement and balance to achieve the right fit. We have extensive experience and contacts to help you achieve efficient borrowings to suit your particular business.

Consultancy and Grants
We can provide a strategic review of your farming enterprise to determine whether you are making the most of the opportunities available to you. Our aim is always to set out options for you to consider expansion, contraction or redirection of your activities and resources, including diversification and complete change, where appropriate. These can be completed through the grant assisted Whole Farm Review Scheme. We also provide advice, assistance and completion of grant applications for rural, agricultural and forestry grants. We have staff who are trained and accredited under LANTRA, authorised to advise on the grant assisted advice available.

We have extensive knowledge of the operation of agricultural co-operatives, dealing with constitutional matters, accounting and taxation issues and strategic advice on the way ahead. Over many years we have experience in the preparation and submission of grants for capital expenditure programmes, marketing schemes and diversification.

Above all else, we recognise that you are in business to make profit and our wide-ranging experience, not just in rural business, but beyond, comes into play to ensure our advice adds value to your business.

WHO TO CONTACT
Should you require advice on any of the above please contact
ANDY RITCHIE: telephone: 01738 441888 email: andrew.ritchie@campbelldallas.co.uk