Mark Alexander
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FREE – short new eBook on landlord incorporation
Author: Mark Alexander
12th June 2017, 9 years ago | 2
Are Landlords Ever Required To Pay National Insurance?
Author: Mark Alexander
31st May 2017, 9 years ago | 11
Are Joint Buy-to-Let Owners Automatically A Business Partnership For SDLT Exemption Purposes At Incorporation?
Author: Mark Alexander
31st May 2017, 9 years ago | 5
Landlord Incorporation Explained On Video Interview With Ranjan Bhattacharya
Author: Mark Alexander
20th May 2017, 9 years ago | 4
Halifax Druggies Making This Lovely Flat Unlettable
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17th May 2017, 9 years ago | 39
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Fancy being part of the Property118 marketing team?
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12th May 2017, 9 years ago | 0
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Fees refunded if HMRC decline your non-statutory clearance request
Author: Mark Alexander
10th May 2017, 9 years ago | 0
Landlord Tax Planning Presentation in PDF Format
Author: Mark Alexander
2nd May 2017, 9 years ago | 2
The best strategy if you’re planning to sell some properties to pay down debt
Author: Mark Alexander
30th April 2017, 9 years ago | 14
Was this the biggest landlord tax planning event ever?
Author: Mark Alexander
29th April 2017, 9 years ago | 3
How Many Landlords do Legionnaires and Annual Gas checks on their own homes?
Author: Mark Alexander
18th April 2017, 9 years ago | 28
Major Breakthrough in Landlord Tax Planning
Author: Mark Alexander
17th April 2017, 9 years ago | 17
HMRC Special provisions relating to partnerships: Transfer of interest in a property investment partnership
Author: Mark Alexander
14th April 2017, 9 years ago | 0
Mark Alexander
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Bio
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.
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
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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, 5 days 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...
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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, 3 weeks 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...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Kevin Biggins at 20/06/2026 - 07:40
Reply to the comment left by Kevin Biggins at 20/06/2026 - 07:40Hi Kevin Please email your contact details to [email protected] and I will be happy to forward them on to the person who submitted this Readers Question.
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 18/06/2026 - 20:31
Reply to the comment left by Martin Thomas at 20:31 If you still have an IHT problem to resolve please see ➡️ https://www.property118.com/consultation/
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 18/06/2026 - 20:31
Reply to the comment left by Martin Thomas at 18/06/2026 - 20:31Well that bit’s good news at least. You can’t be too disappointed with that result! Whole of Life is very is very different because you’re betting on a certainty...
Read More →Reply to comment left by [email protected] at 18/06/2026 - 17:43
Reply to the comment left by Martin Thomas at 17:43 I’m sorry to hear that. I don’t know who advised you on and arranged your life insurance policy, but it wouldn’t have been me or anybody at Property118, because that’s...
Read More →5th June 2026, 2 months ago
Asteroids message received and delivered. Below is the link for you to play. I’m MRA by the way, current the leader on Space Invaders. https://www.property118.com/arcade/?wpg=asteroids#wp-games-arcade
Read More →Reply to comment left by Suzana Urlich at 17/05/2026 - 08:38
Reply to the comment left by Suzana Urlich at 17/05/2026 - 08:38Please book a free 30-minute Portfolio Review
Read More →Reply to comment left by HASMUKH SHAH at 04/05/2026 - 20:41
just out of interest, how much is your typical refurb costs and what does the void period between vacant possession and sale completion usually end up costing you in terms of lost revenue and additional costs such as double Council...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mick Roberts at 04/05/2026 - 15:52
They miss deadlines all the time Mick
Read More →Reply to comment left by Mick Roberts at 04/05/2026 - 11:12
Reply to the comment left by Mick Roberts at 04/05/2026 - 11:12I don’t think that’s clear yet Mick. As I understand it, they’ve issued Discovery Assessements to some affected LT4L clients on the basis of income tax underpayments, but I...
Read More →Reply to comment left by Derek STOBBS at 30/04/2026 - 08:29
Whose post was your comment addressed to? It seems out of context at the moment.
Read More →Reply to comment left by Vibha Spal at 29/04/2026 - 19:52
I accept that’s your perception but it’s not what they clients are saying here https://national-residential.co.uk/
Read More →Reply to comment left by Jonathan Willis at 29/04/2026 - 18:41
Reply to the comment left by Jonathan Willis at 29/04/2026 - 18:41This is political theatre. These panels are far too small to materially reduce energy bills in the UK. At best they shave a little off daytime background use. Whoever...
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