TAMS

You couldn't be impressed with Civil service now with the problems in the hospitals now. People will die now because of their lackadaisical attitude.

You heard it here first

It's akin to to a sheep farmer making a balls of his lambing last year and then going in to this years lambing without making any changes.

The tranches open and close in 3 month periods. The lad that applies on the first day the tranche opens will only get his approval or rejection on the same day as the lad that applied on the last day for similar applications.

The timing for approvals after the tranche closing dates varies depending on the items applied for. Simple handling items like you’re applying for would be the quickest to be approved. More complicated applications with planning, building designs and specs to be checked etc. would take longer.

I had to print out bank statements and show where the money left my account. I’d say they don’t care what account it comes from as long as you are the named person on the bank account.

😱 I can imagine some horror stories on this one finding out after the fact

Yeah be better take it out of the farm account to be safe. Just transfer from personal account into farm one.

Don’t know why it’d be coming out of a personal account anyway.

To avoid fraud.

It's to prove the person/farm/company claiming is a genuine claimant and not just putting a claim through for someone else.

They also reserve the right to come and inspect a piece of equipment for a number of years afterwards.

Saw a lad selling a slurry tank and dribble bar with the proviso that if he needed it back in his yard for an inspection, he could get it back.

Hadn't fully drawn on his TAMS allowance and saw it as an opportunity to make a few €😀

I can understand young farmer inspections. Plenty claiming that have never gotten their hands dirty

Probably, although that sort of thing is frowned upon now. I usually pay for those through benefit in kind, sort of a quid pro quo arrangement, the benefits of marriage I suppose...

Yea I had both before. In fairness it does make sense that the young farmer is being done as the inspector was telling of a good few cases of the young farmer having no involvement or authority in allot of cases. Thankfully mine was grand and no issues.

tams I had 2 inspections for a few bits of mobile equipment. Was very thorough. However 2 months later I had another one with the inspectors boss who was just auditing the inspector. Again they were both sound and no issues but if you were doing anything dodgy they would catch u out fairly quickly

Is there any advisors around the Kilkenny/Tipp area that someone could recommend?

I'm taking over fully now and am trying to get my head around the paperwork side of things, agfood site, tams, entitlements etc.

Im a bit lost at the moment and winging it.

Have young farmers for another 3 years so want to take advantage of the Tam's when I can.

Thanks

Very easy to claim on your own. Especially for mobile equipment

If reference cost is 1000 per meter (for simplicity).

Does that mean that the department will pay 40 % of that 1000 as a maximum?

Example

5 metre dung spreader is 6000 ex vat adorn a supplier.

Dept grant then is 40% of 5000 euro reference cost (5 m x 1000 per metre) for a total grand of 2000?

Does anyone have a file with Explanatory notes for TAMS 3's new items? I only see the reference costs - Interested to read up on the bovine fencing

How long is approval process from point of application assuming paperwork is right first time?

And I mean for approval rather than getting payment.

https://www.gov.ie/en/service/4255c-targeted-agricultural-modernisation-scheme-3-tams-3/

That’s painful. Especially if you were buying by equipment for use this year.

5 foot is 1.524 metres.

€1,479 x 1.524 = €2254.

Reference costs don’t include vat as you don’t get grant aid for the vat portion so don’t forget that when pricing them.

Hi what kind of mower can be got on it as I could do with a disk mower but I can only see mulchers the tams list

Actually strike that I see now that's its only if you are in organic farming.