Tax & Accountancy

Can landlords spread rental profits between spouses and minimise tax?

Author: Readers Question

28th January 2013, 13 years ago | 20

One of our readers has sent in the following email (dark blue text below) and is looking for ideas that...

Call for CGT roll-over relief to apply to Buy to Let landlords

Author: Readers Question

24th January 2013, 13 years ago | 28

It seems to me to be very unfair that one can sell almost any other business asset and reinvest the...

Tax return looms – Readers Question

Author: Readers Question

10th January 2013, 13 years ago | 2

We have received four questions from one of our readers as the final date for submission on-line of 2011-12 tax...

Landlords Tax Planning Strategy

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st December 2012, 13 years ago | 12

“Milking the Buy-to-Let” is a Landlords Tax Planning Strategy which is very much under utilised. The strategy applies only to...

Landlords Exit Strategy – Readers CGT Question

Author: Readers Question

29th December 2012, 13 years ago | 14

“Hello Mark, very impressed with your site, I have a question for you: My wife and I have a small...

Tax Status of Buy to Let Profits

Author: Mark Alexander

2nd November 2012, 13 years ago | 10

I have just received an email from a gentleman called Kevyn Davies-Jones about the tax status of buy to let...

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Property Tax Question – CGT roll-over relief

Author: Readers Question

1st November 2012, 13 years ago | 4

I have just received a property tax question from a lady called Barbara which I’m not sure of the answer....

Exit plan – move in before selling up to avoid CGT

Author: Mark Alexander

28th August 2012, 14 years ago | 23

This weekend I received an email from Cissie asking “If I move into a buy to let property which has...

Tax Treatment of Property Development vs Property Investment

Author: Mark Alexander

22nd August 2012, 14 years ago | 6

With so many buy to let  property investors now considering buy/refurb/sell deals I feel the time is right to explain...

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Trading Company BuyToLet + Landlords Tax Strategy

Author: Mark Alexander

8th August 2012, 14 years ago | 2

It is not easy to arrange a BuyToLet mortgage for a trading company, the few lenders that do offer loans...

Taxation strategies for capital raising on a BuyToLet basis for retirement

Author: Mark Alexander

6th August 2012, 14 years ago | 7

It is quite rare for me to share taxation strategies here in full on my blog, especially taxation strategies for...

BEWARE – there is no Capital Gains Tax Roll-Over on BuyToLet

Author: Mark Alexander

1st August 2012, 14 years ago | 12

Following an email I received from a reader yesterday I feel compelled to write an article warning landlords of the...

When tenants ask how much is the Council Tax

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

29th June 2012, 14 years ago | 13

Council Tax can be a deciding factor to some tenants. When you rent out a property, tenants often ask what...

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Claiming home as office expenses for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th June 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Many landlords run a property business from a home office but are scared to claim business expenses because they are...

CGT and divorce for buy to let landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

23rd May 2012, 14 years ago | 3

Breaking up is hard to do – and that applies to a property portfolio as much as a marriage.  Luckily,...

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How to save stamp duty buying a home

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd May 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Here’s a timely warning for property people who believe the tax man is a friendly and benign helper. Gill Orsmann...

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Late filing landlords to pay £10 a day fines

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

19th April 2012, 14 years ago | 0

HMRC is getting tougher with landlords who have ignored appeals to file their tax returns on time. From May 1st,...

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Budget plan to make accounting easier for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

22nd March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Keeping accounts for a buy to let business could be a lot simpler if the Government adopts cash accounting for...