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What questions do you want your consultation to answer?
Please select any one or more of the following
How to change the balance of being asset-rich and cash poor
Guidance on which properties to sell to pay down debt and enjoy a less stressful life
FCA-regulated advice on where to invest sale procceeds following property sales
How to plan business continuity in retirement
Risk separation - Limited Liability
Retirement Strategy
Exit Strategy
Minimising risk
Minimising the hassle your death will leave your family to deal with, (e.g. Probate, selling properties to repay mortgages, IHT, frozen bank accounts etc.)
Legacy planning (business continuity after your death)
Pivoting Strategies (alternatives to rental property ownership)
What is your personal status?
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Married or civil partnership
In a relationship with a life partner
None of the above
In the event of your death or serious illness, is your spouse or life partner the person you would wish to protect and prioritise first?
Yes
No
Spouse / Partner Name
Date of Birth
DD slash MM slash YYYY
Spouse / Partner income (other than from property rental)
Does your spouse directly participate in your property rental business in terms of work and/or investment?
Yes
No
Spouse / Partner Occupation
How many children do you have?
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What are the names, ages and incomes and occupations of your children?
This information is necessary for us to consider business continuity, legacy planning and your retirement options. If you have adult children and you don't know how much they earn, please provide a rough guess at this stage.
Do your children currently have an active roll in your property letting business?
Yes
No
Would you like your children to take a more active roll in the business at some point?
Yes
No
Is anybody else an investor in the rental property business?
Yes
No
Do you have any other friends of family members who you would like to be involved in your lettings business at some point?
Yes
No
Do you currently use a letting agent to manage any of your properties?
Yes
No
Might you consider using a letting agent to manage your UK rental properties at some point in the future?
Yes
No
In what structure(s) do you currently own rental properties and operate your your rental property business?
Please select all that are relevent
Personal / Joint names
Partnership - registered with HMRC
LLP (Limited Liability Partnership) - human members only
Hybrid LLP (Limited Liability Partnership) - human and company members
Limited Company (SIC code 68209)
FIC (Family Investment Company) with Freezer and Growth shares
Other (please specify)
Are you concerned about protecting your personal wealth from business risk?
Yes
No
Are you under pressure from Section 24 mortgage interest restrictions on personally owned or partnership-owned properties?
Yes – this significantly reduces my profits
Yes – but I manage through other deductions
No – I don’t have mortgages or I own via a company
Would you prefer a structure where profit can be retained in the business and used for future projects, refinancing, or family planning — rather than always being taxed as personal income?
Yes – I want that flexibility
No – I prefer to extract all profits personally
Not sure
Are you open to a structure that gives you long-term control, while gradually involving or benefiting other family members?
Yes – that’s my long-term goal
Possibly – depending on the structure
No – I plan to keep full control indefinitely
Would you consider restructuring even if it resulted in some CGT or SDLT, where there is a clear commercial or legacy-based justification?
Yes
Possibly
No – I’m only interested in tax-neutral options
What’s your preferred approach to future profit use?
Reinvest in property
Repay Debt
Build family wealth across generations
Draw personally as income
Leave options open
How many UK rental properties do you own (all structures)?
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Please do not include your own home or any holiday homes or overseas properties.
Are any of your UK rental properties non-residential?
For example; lock up garages or commercial properties
Yes
No
Have you ever lived in any of your UK rental properties?
Yes
No
Did you acquire any of your UK rental properties as a gift or inheritance?
Yes
No
Are you considering selling any of your UK rental properties?
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Yes
No
Approximate total value of your UK rental properties? - please do not include your own home(s) or any holiday home(s)
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Do you have any mortgage, loans or other liabilities secured against these UK rental properties?
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Yes
No
Total liabilities outstanding on your personally owned UK rental properties?
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Equity (auto calculated) in £
LTV (auto-calculated) as a percentage
Does your rental property rental business have a Partnership UTR?
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UTR = Unique Tax Reference number for the Partnership
Yes
No
If yes, when was the partnership commencement date?
This is the date the partnership was officially registered with HMRC
Do you currently have a Partnership Agreement in place?
Yes
No
Do you have any income (other than from property) which is taxable in the UK?
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Yes
No
Please provide more details of your other UK taxable income
Examples might include pension income, salary from employment , dividend income from other businesses, etc. The more information you can provide the better, e.g. "I am an airline pilot, my salary from that job is £87,000 a year and I also pay myself a dividend from another business of £2,000 a year."
You mentioned earlier that you own some rental properties in a Limited Company or Family Investment Company structure, is that correct?
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Yes
No
What is the full name of the company?
What is the total gross value of properties owned in this company?
What are the total liabilities of this company?
Do you currently have a shareholders agreement in place?
Yes
No
Do you own any overseas properties
Yes
No
Please provide details of the overseas property, e.g. type of property, value, mortgage outstanding, how you use this property etc.
You mentioned earlier that you operate at least part of your rental property business through a Limited Liability Partnership (LLP) is that correct?
Yes
No
Who are the Designated Members of the LLP?
Who are the Non-Designated Members of the LLP?
Why did you decide to operate your business through an LLP structure??
Are you UK resident for tax purposes?
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Yes
No
In which Country are you resident for tax purposes?
Do you own a home in the country you are tax resident in?
Yes
No
Value of overseas home in local currency
Mortgage outstanding on this property (in local currency)
Do you ever let your home in the Country you are tax resident in?
Yes
No
When did you become non-resident for UK tax purposes?
Have you been resident in the same Country since you became non-resident for tax purposes in the UK?
Yes
No
Do you currently benefit from any special tax treatment, e.g. NHR in Portugal, Beckham's law in Spain etc
Yes
No
Details of any special tax treatment
Do you have any immediate plans to become non-resident?
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Yes
No
Please tell us more about your plans to become resident in another Country
Do you own a UK home?
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Yes
No
What is the approximate value of your UK home?
Do you have a mortgage on your UK home?
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Yes
No
Approximately how much is the the outsanding balance of the mortgage secured on your home?
Equity in your home (auto-calculated) in £
UK Home mortgage LTV % (auto calculated)
Approximate net value of pension fund
Approximate value of other liquid investment, e.g savings, shares, crypto currency etc
Approximate net value of any other assets not already mentioned
Is it likely that you will acquire any additional investment properties?
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Yes
No
Are you planning to refinance any of your properties in the next 12 months?
Yes
No
Have you made a Will?
Yes
No
Has your Will been updated in the last three years?
Yes
No
Have you previously sought advice on Inheritance Tax Planning?
Yes
No
Was that IHT planning advice followed through to implementation?
Yes
No
Have you made arrangements for who would manage your affairs in the event of illness or incapacity?
Yes
No
Have you organised Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA's) yet?
Yes
No
Do you have any life insurance?
Yes
No
Is your life insurance written into Trust?
Yes
No
What are your current plans for retirement, from a business management perspective?
Please select one or more of the following
I haven't given this enough thought and need some help to formulate a strategy
I plan to sell some properties and pay down mortgages
I plan to sell some properties and live off the net sale proceeds
I plan to remain tied into running the business until the day I die
I plan to engage a property management company and PA to substantially reduce the burden etc.
Other
When would you like to begin stepping back from your UK rental property business?
Within the next year or two
Within two to five years
Within five to ten years
More than 10 years from now
What would you like to think will happen to the business when you die?
The business will be sold by my beneficiaries as a going concern
My beneficiaries will own and operate the business
My beneficiaries will own the business but outsource the management
My beneficiaries will sell all UK rental properties and dismantle the business
Other
Have you made any plans to enable your beneficiaries to repay mortgages AND to be in a position where they can be confident of arranging new financing and paying IHT before they are able to inherit your estate upon your death?
Yes
No
Action Point One
Based on the information you have shared so far, we highly recommend a review with Insight Financial Associates who specialise in FCA regulated advice on:
Insurance protection
– to help mitigate risks identified in your Fact Find
Liquid investments
– to optimise returns on cash reserves (e.g. following property sales or releasing capital)
Pensions
– including planning considerations such as changes to IHT rules, holding commercial property, risk mitigation, and optimising returns on cash balances
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