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I’m a farmer – and I’m glad to see tax loopholes closing for cynical investor landowners | Guy Singh-Watson

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Labour has reintroduced 20% inheritance tax for farms that are valued at more than 1 m.

Children of farmers will no longer inherit land tax-free.

Farming families have not had to consider tax planning for family succession since 1992 .

Farming is a long-term business that requires substantial assets and often makes only meagre returns.

Guy Singh-Watson is the founder of the organic veg box company Riverford .

He grows organic vegetables on 60 hectares ( 150 acres ) in Devon and 120 hectares in the French Vendée .

He sold Riverford in 2018 to its 1,000 employees, and the company is now 100% employee-owned.

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83

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85

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21

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informal

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English

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42

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