Overview:
Over the past number of years, the Farming sector has faced a range of significant challenges. This event will explore recent legislative changes and highlight key issues that are often overlooked for the Farming sector.
Key Features of the Course:
This CPD session will cover the following topics:
- Changes to Agricultural Relief and Business Relief
- Changes to Retirement Relief
- Changes to land income tax leasing exemption
- Changes to Stamp duty
- Slurry Storage Capital Allowances
- Recent Revenue activity
- Budget update 2027
- Sector update
- Registered Farm partnerships and companies
- Changes to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
Speakers:
Marty Murphy, Bcomm, FCCA, AITI/CTA, CPA/ACA
Head of Tax, ifac
Marty Murphy joined the ifac team in 2020, as partner in charge of the Dublin office. In 2023 Marty was appointed the Head of Tax of ifac.
Marty gained a Bachelor of Commerce from NUI Galway and is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a Chartered Tax Advisor with the Irish Tax Institute. Marty trained in SME practice in Galway and subsequently worked for a top 10 and one of Ireland most successful private client firms. Marty is on the Board of the Irish Tax Institute.
Philip O’Connor
Head of Farm Support, ifac
Philip O’Connor is head of Farm Support in ifac, a role he has held since 2018. With over two decades at the firm, Philip holds a BSc in Agriculture and an MBus, and specialises in farm business planning, farm financial management, and farm business development. He is the driving force behind ifac's annual Irish Farm Report. Philip has been involved in most of the registered farm partnerships set up in the country.
Karol Kissane
Head of Public Sector Services and Economics, ifac
Karol Kissane is Head of Public Sector Services and Economics for ifac. Previous to his current role he worked for a number of years in agricultural policy both at national and EU.
He is a member of the Private Sector Mechanism to the UN Committee on World Food Security and often speaks on matters relevant to agriculture in this forum. Karol is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Advisor and spent the earlier part of his career with Bank of Ireland and Fexco. He is also a dairy farmer in his native Kerry.