All posts by BTL INVESTOR SCOTLAND
Shelter’s Position on the Tenant Tax...
I have become increasingly frustrated at Shelter’s position on the Tenant Tax so have decided to write the following letter to Campbell Robb, Shelter’s Chief Executive.
Dear Campbell,
I am having some...
Call for Evidence on LBTT supplement in Scotland...
Scottish Government is calling for Evidence in relation to its proposal to impose a 3% Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) levy on buy to let and second home purchases. Here is a link to the information...
A response to the Consultation on Higher Rates of Stamp Duty...
I wish to make the following comments on the consultation on ‘Higher rates of Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) on purchases of additional residential properties’.
My first point is a general one. The Government...
Why all the fuss about Clause 24?
Clause 24 restricts finance cost relief for individual landlords and was proposed by George Osborne in his Summer Budget on 8 July. Companies are not affected, nor are the wealthiest landlords with no...
BoE Governor admits landlord taxation plans will have material...
David Strange, a member of Property 118, recently wrote to Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, about the Government’s plans to restrict finance cost relief for individual landlords. The exchange...
Clause 24 and Housing Choice – An Open Letter to Labour...
Dear Mr Marris,
I am writing to you in connection with Clause 24 of the Finance Bill which will restrict finance cost relief for individual landlords.
I am aware that you will have received a number of...
Tenants hit by landlord tax plan...
Written evidence submitted to The Finance Bill Committee by Kathy Miller and her tenants (Mr and Mrs Levy, Mr and Mrs Bennett, Mrs S James and Mr C Wigmore) (FB 05) IGNORED!
Submission on the ‘restricting...
Conservative Councillor hits out at ruinous landlord tax plan...
Written evidence submitted to The Finance Bill Committee by Councillor James Fraser, Stevenage Borough Council (FB 73)
LANDLORD TAX – THE RUINOUS EFFECTS OF CLAUSE 24
PART1: THE BACKGROUND
PART 2:...
Concerns raised about the Buy to Let tax grab...
This submission by the Property118 action group to the Finance Committee is intended to provide MPs with a summary of the comments made by landlords associations, the Council of Mortgage Lenders, the media...
Volunteers Needed To Help With Campaign...
Property118.com has been approached by a National Journalist who wants to write some articles on the implications of the Summer Budget proposal to restrict finance cost relief. The journalist wants some...
Landlords Say No to George and his Alice in Wonderland Tax...
The Government’s tax changes for landlords, announced in this Summer Budget, will significantly eat into landlords’ profits and, in many cases, will wipe them out completely.
A petition against the...