4,000 Scottish tenants ignored in IHT rules, says adviser

Concerns raised over how country's tenancy legislation will affect family farms

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Jeremy Moody, CAAV secretary and adviser says questions to the Treasury were wrong
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Jeremy Moody, CAAV secretary and adviser says questions to the Treasury were wrong

UPTO 4,000 Scottish tenants are facing greater Budget losses owing to existing tenancy laws which differ from those in England and Wales, a tenants group has claimed. The Tenant Farming Advisory Forum...

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