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The key message has to be to act now to register with the Rural Payments Service and get online to check your maps and work through the various elements of your claim as soon as the 'functionality' is made available by the RPA.
The RPA assured delegates that online transfers will be possible from early March i.e. next week. This is a crucial part of the 'getting ready' process for any farmers who have bought or taken on extra land under a tenancy. It will also allow people to trade surplus entitlements that will be lost if not claimed on this year (e.g. if a part field is losing its eligible status because of utility works or because it contains solar panels).
Below are a few points to bear in mind if you have to transfer entitlements, or have them transferred to you.
Conclusion
We are advising clients to get on and register and to consider whether they may be caught by the active farmer test. If so, and they have less than 36ha of eligible land, they will need to move quickly to sort out the necessary evidence and Accountant Certificate. We would advise doing that well ahead of the 15 May BPS application deadline, and as soon as practically possible if entitlements need to be transferred in.
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