TAMS

Anyone familiar with the fencing grants in TAMS?

I'm wondering if a gateway has to be within a stretch of TAMS fence to qualify or if it can be done separately.

Also, is there a requirement to demonstrate a need for the gate at that point or is it wherever you'd like to put one.

Then, - the specs of said gate.

I think there’s supposed to be 9 or else 9.5 M of clearance between an agitation point and the nearest building, I’ll look it up later I’ll let you know if I’m wrong on that distance

I think you are correct with the distance it definitely is more than one bay of a shed so by removing one bay won't work.

I don’t know what type of a grant he’s actually looking for or if it’s related to these buildings but if he has to make the farmyard compliant would he not have to achieve the 9.5m clearance. I’m no expert at this crack but OP I would suggest talking to someone that is and getting a definitive answer before you do anything.

For someone buying a mobile piece of a equipment does the company you are buying it from have to do anything (register to tams or anything like that?)?

Has anyone that applied in the January tranche for a slatted shed heard anything back yet

I think its the health and safety course. It ort of the green very but Teagasc and advisors run the course every so often.

You lad has just finished the GC andbis in partnership so we are covered

Is it or should it be allowed to simply print a picture off Google maps showing exactly the layout, without having to sketch?

Anyone can dig it out, keep the receipt. I think for the shed part the main this is that they’re registered for welding / fabrication, a guy that priced mine told me that he will erect the shed but will have to get someone else to sign off on welding / fabrication part.

I’d highly doubt it’s anything to do with tax, it’s more likely because he would need to be CE certified on his welding to be allowed fabricate a grant spec shed as specified in section A.1.1 (the first paragraph!) of S.101 which is the TAMS spec for fabrication of sheds.

A lot of smaller contractors aren’t CE certified as it’s an expensive process so they don’t see it as worth the hassle.

Need a drawing done to scale (1:200 I think)

There’s not too many shed erectors that don’t fabricate sheds as well. I genuinely can’t think of one when I think of all the lads at sheds around here anyway.

There is plenty of them that can’t do grant sheds though as they aren’t CE certified.

It’s a bit unfair to be accusing lads of not being tax compliant because they turn down work on a grant shed when in the vast majority of cases it’s the CE cert that’s the issue.

I’m not saying what you're saying isn’t possible but it’s a lot less likely scenario.

That's what I don't know. What I may do is draw up a fairly rudimentary sketch and include the Google map snip also. Maybe if worst goes to worst, they will return it looking for more info. rather than rejecting it outright.

I asked the question from Tams and was told no.

Now if the invoice from the supplier of said machine didn’t mention it was on finance might you get away with it? Maybe. Not sure if Tams can ask for proof of payment evidence.

It is possible but it can be on lease or hire purchase. The only way is a term loan. The reason for this is with leasing or hire purchase the machine is not in your ownership. If it's a loan the machine is yours but the loan is to you. It comes down to title. Imagine a slatted shed, most farmers would need a loan for it, but the shed would not be on HP

I did it with tams2 for a slurry tank. 2 loans were taken out, a term loan for the value of the machine after the grant and a bridging loan for the grant amount. The bridging loan was paid back in less than 6 weeks.

yes if you have an inspection they will look to see bank statements showing the payment to the supplier.

When I built my shed a few years ago a few of lads didn’t want to know about it as they didn’t have papers to CE it.

Also digger man gave a vat receipt but when I submitted it he did t have a valid tax clearance .he has to update his vat payments before it was issued and I could be paid.
Tams is allot of hassle and if ure not getting vat back and 60% im not sure its worth it as most contractors add a bit to it aswell

Standard next step of process it's been assigned to your local office to handle from here. They'd normally throw out a few queries but with the simplicity of a LESS application I imagine they'll process it without query, speed at which they do so is the big question

Given that they're still finishing off tranche 1 approvals. Tranche 2 will probably take another 3 months then Tranche 3 which closed Friday is likely 4-6 months from approval and that's excluding queries in my view anyway. Keep an eye on their approvals tracker on the dept website

Was it for LESS equipment?

I'm only waiting for approval to be able to buy the tanker,haven't looked for payment yet

Anyone know if you can purchase TAMS equipment in NI and use receipts for TAMS