Details of the topics covered:
Legal and Tax Aspects of Land Ownership and Transactions
- Land tenure. Structure of landowners, tenants, and others. Distribution of farm sizes. Legal structures - Fernando Rincón, Engineer, Technical Advisor to the Directorate of Agricultural Statistics (DIEA) of the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries.
- Registry system. Registration of transactions, inheritances, and property. Processing times and costs. Data quality and public access - Dr. Carlos Falco, Senior Partner at CPA Ferrere.
- Tax and legal issues. Tax treatment of land ownership. Tax treatment of sales and leases. Differences based on corporate structure and farm size - Natalia Silva, CPA, Manager of the Consulting and Accounting-Tax Department at Carle & Andrioli Public Accountants.
How the market works
- Information on prices and commissions. Availability of information on prices and land available for lease or sale. Formal and informal channels for information flow. Costs and the brokerage process - Sebastián Blanco, Director of Blanco & Asociados Agroservicios.
- Financing. Financial intermediation. Financing for purchases and working capital. Land fund. - Luis Romero Álvarez, Agricultural Engineer, Director of Professional Services (Mergers and acquisitions. Investment financing).
- Trends in Land Prices: Macroeconomic Determinants - Bibiana Lanzilotta, Economist, and Dr. Fernando Lorenzo, researchers at CINVE.
- Trends in Land Prices: Microeconomic Determinants - Dr. Pablo Caputi, Director of the Department of Economic Information and Analysis at the National Meat Institute (INAC) and Professor of Agribusiness at the university.
Closing Session: Market Outlook
- The future of the land market. Stability of the rules of the game. Regional influences. Are there factors preventing the land market from becoming more dynamic? The role of public policy. What policies could be implemented to eliminate or minimize these factors? - Eduardo Blasina, Director of Blasina y Asociados; Adrián Tambler, Deputy Director of the Office of Agricultural Planning and Policy at the Ministry of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries; and Dr. Francisco Rosas, professor of Econometrics at the university.
Presentation by Agricultural Engineer Luis Romero Álvarez
Presentation by Bibiana Lanzilotta, Economist