Julie Butler FCA has been qualified for nearly 40 years as a chartered accountant. Julie owns a farm, livery yard and woodland so understands the issues of farmland and diversification at a very practical level. Julie's late husband was a farmer. She has formed her own firm of chartered accountants, Butler & Co, which acts for a large amount of the farming and equine industry and consults with other professionals on the very complex tax subjects around these industries. Julie lectures widely on the tax problems and solutions surrounding farm diversification with a particular emphasis on "death, development and dispute." Julie has passed her ICAEW probate exams to help with the understanding around inheritance tax.