Mark Alexander
Professional advisers and PI insurers cannot afford to ignore HMRC’s tax rewrite
Author: Mark Alexander
4th August 2026, 3 days ago | 3
Did tax advisers, lawyers and lenders get landlord incorporation wrong?
Author: Mark Alexander
4th August 2026, 3 days ago | 1
Why experience matters when incorporating a property business
Author: Mark Alexander
4th August 2026, 3 days ago | 0
Could your family afford to keep your property portfolio after you die?
Author: Mark Alexander
3rd August 2026, 4 days ago | 1
Serviced office company loses inheritance tax relief despite extensive services
Author: Mark Alexander
31st July 2026, 1 week ago | 0
The leasehold consultation that could change what landlords pay for decades
Author: Mark Alexander
27th July 2026, 2 weeks ago | 0
£42,500 landlord fine: when tenants create squalor, who is really responsible?
Author: Mark Alexander
24th July 2026, 2 weeks ago | 6
Corporate landlords are building more homes, but they cannot replace private landlords
Author: Mark Alexander
23rd July 2026, 2 weeks ago | 5
Open letter to HMRC: Please clarify the 20-hour guidance for landlord incorporation relief
Author: Mark Alexander
22nd July 2026, 2 weeks ago | 6
Prime Minister Burnham and the Manchester Housing Crisis
Author: Mark Alexander
22nd July 2026, 2 weeks ago | 12
HMRC’s quiet rewrite could trap profits landlords have already paid tax on
Author: Mark Alexander
21st July 2026, 2 weeks ago | 6
HMRC’s latest overreach: Since when did your own capital stop being yours?
Author: Mark Alexander
21st July 2026, 3 weeks ago | 14
Open letter to HMRC: What changed in the law behind BIM45690 and BIM45700?
Author: Mark Alexander
18th July 2026, 3 weeks ago | 6
RESULTS of the Property118 Landlord Sentiment Survey (Q2 2026)
Author: Mark Alexander
10th July 2026, 4 weeks ago | 8
Case study: What is this £3.4 million property portfolio really earning?
Author: Mark Alexander
3rd July 2026, 1 month ago | 0
Could semi-commercial property be the next opportunity for landlords?
Author: Mark Alexander
30th June 2026, 1 month ago | 3
Section 24, the Axe the Tenant Tax campaign and what we know ten years later
Author: Mark Alexander
29th June 2026, 1 month ago | 0
Has the Upper Tribunal exposed a flaw in HMRC’s guidance on landlord incorporation relief?
Author: Mark Alexander
27th June 2026, 1 month ago | 2
HMRC loses Upper Tribunal appeal over the meaning of ‘business’
Author: Mark Alexander
27th June 2026, 1 month ago | 4
Mark Alexander
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UK landlord since 1989.
Founder of Property118.com - the mission statement of which is “to facilitate the sharing of best practice among UK landlords and associated professionals”
I live in Portugal, but I am very much British with a UK property rental and development business.
Happy to be interviewed on your Podcast, your YouTube channel and other online events.
I don’t offer mentoring or training as I am semi-retired and enjoying a fantastic work/life balance, but I do comment, frequently publish articles and answer questions posted here on Property118.
5th August 2026, 2 days ago
He got the last point wrong too!
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I have listed the substantive articles first and excluded routine social-media reposts that merely link back to the same coverage. 1. FT Adviser Property 118 and Cotswold Barristers win HMRC appeal in ‘major win for landlords’ Published 4 August 2026....
Read More →Reply to comment left by Paul Rush at 05/08/2026 - 11:52
Reply to the comment left by Paul Rush at 05/08/2026 - 11:52Paul, with respect, that is not what the judgment says. This was not a win on a technical detail. Following a ten-day hearing, the Tribunal considered each of the...
Read More →5th August 2026, 2 days ago
HMRC loses Upper Tribunal appeal over the meaning of ‘business’ https://www.property118.com/hmrc-loses-upper-tribunal-appeal-over-the-meaning-of-business/
Read More →4th August 2026, 3 days ago
A wonderful parable based on this article: https://www.taxjournal.com/articles/funding-the-business-
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A wonderful parable based on this article: https://www.taxjournal.com/articles/funding-the-business-
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A wonderful parable based on this article: https://www.taxjournal.com/articles/funding-the-business-
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A wonderful parable based on this article: https://www.taxjournal.com/articles/funding-the-business-
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A wonderful parable based on this article: https://www.taxjournal.com/articles/funding-the-business-
Read More →28th July 2026, 1 week ago
HMRC has responded as follows: Dear Mr Alexander, Thank you for your email and open letters. I acknowledge receipt of your correspondence and have shared it with the relevant HMRC colleagues. HMRC does not generally provide individual responses to feedback...
Read More →28th July 2026, 1 week ago
HMRC has responded as follows: Dear Mr Alexander, Thank you for your email and open letters. I acknowledge receipt of your correspondence and have shared it with the relevant HMRC colleagues. HMRC does not generally provide individual responses to feedback...
Read More →24th July 2026, 2 weeks ago
She obviously hasn't read my latest article: https://www.property118.com/prime-minister-burnham-and-the-manchester-housing-crisis/
Read More →Reply to comment left by Stephanie Gay at 22/07/2026 - 21:04
The earliest I could find was from 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20170501080657/https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/business-income-manual/bim45700
Read More →Reply to comment left by Stephanie Gay at 22/07/2026 - 21:04
Here’s a Wayback Time Machine link to what it said in Feb 2026 https://web.archive.org/web/20260210154433/https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/business-income-manual/bim45700 And another from September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230924132622/https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/business-income-manual/bim45700
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 19/07/2026 - 18:21
Reply to the comment left by Denise G at 19/07/2026 - 18:21I’ve emailed you and a superb accountant to introduce you to each other.
Read More →18th July 2026, 3 weeks ago
Hi Denise Is there any reason that you and Dale haven’t registered your rental property business as a partnership? If you had done so you would be exempt from MTD. It’s not too late. You operate the business together for...
Read More →2nd July 2026, 1 month ago
Thanks everyone for taking the time to comment. It’s been a genuinely interesting discussion and there are some excellent points being made. I just wanted to clarify one aspect of the article. My references to institutional fixed-income investments were included...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Phil rosenberg at 28/06/2026 - 13:51
Reply to the comment left by Phil rosenberg at 28/06/2026 - 13:51Thanks Phil. I think we’re actually talking about two different investment metrics rather than disagreeing. The article deliberately focuses on cashflow return on equity, not total investment return. I...
Read More →30th June 2026, 1 month ago
I received an interesting email from a reader of this article today and thought it would be worth sharing the Q&A with a wider audience. THE MAIN QUESTION (extracted from a much longer email) I read your blog with interest...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 28/06/2026 - 21:39
The discrimination argument has already been tested. The Axe the Tenant Tax campaign sought to challenge Section 24 in the courts on a number of grounds, including discrimination, but permission for the judicial review was refused. If you want to...
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