Tax and Accountancy

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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House price crash triggers tax windfall on inherited homes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

29th May 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Falling house prices has meant up to £90 million has been overpaid in inheritance tax by families and friends who...

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Pay less tax by claiming pre-letting costs

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th April 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Accounting for spending on letting property before the first tenant moves in often confuses landlords – and their accountants. Countless...

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By George! The feel-good tax giveaway is really a con

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Clever Chancellor George Osborne is masking landlord tax increases with smoke and mirror financial tricks that make income tax bills...

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Are HMO landlords really missing out on tax relief?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th February 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Dozens of firms offer to help shared house landlords claim thousands of pounds in lost tax reliefs – but does...

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Making Overpayments on Your Mortgage

Author: Mark Alexander

17th February 2012, 14 years ago | 20

In the last month I have received letters from three of my mortgage lenders suggesting that I should make overpayments...

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Tax Filing Deadline Extended by 48 Hours

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Landlords late with their tax returns can breathe a sigh of relief as the filing deadline is delayed due to...

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HMRC Tightens Tax Screw on Landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

The tax man is tracking down landlords with undeclared rental income by demanding lists of property clients from letting agents....