Hanson v HMRC [2012] UKFTT 95 (TC)

Wills & Trusts Law Reports | May 2012 #119

Joseph Nicholas Hanson (the appellant) appealed against a notice of determination dated 3 October 2005 that had determined that a farmhouse occupied by the appellant as his home at 11 The Green, Great Horwood, Milton Keynes (the house) was not agricultural property for the purposes of inheritance tax relief. HMRC’s position was that the required nexus between a farm building and agricultural land was common ownership and common occupation. The appellant submitted that the required nexus was common occupation only. It was further submitted by the appellant that his father, Joseph Ch...