Tag: Capital Gains Tax

Expat property investor – the need for professional help

Author: Lucy Richardson Property Search Consultancy

11th July 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Case study relating to an expat property investor interested in keeping a foot on the London property ladder. Two years...

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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...

HMRC targets landlord tax cheats in property crack down

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

31st May 2012, 14 years ago | 4

Landlords who have failed to pay tax on the sale or buy to let rents face extra scrutiny from a...

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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Landlord claim for CGT relief kicked out by tax tribunal

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

20th April 2012, 14 years ago | 12

Landlords who have switched personal property investments into a company cannot claim capital gains tax reliefs on the transfers, according...

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NAEA Unhappy with Budget Announcement

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

21st March 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Following George Osbourne’s Budget announcement, NAEA have offered a damning response as Wendy Evans-Scott, President of the National Association of...

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Budget 2012 and how it affects landlords and property investors

Author: Mark Alexander

21st March 2012, 14 years ago | 1

Budget 2012 for property people Property investors are winners and losers in Chancellor George Osborne’s Budget 2012. Landlords paying tax...

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Chancellor urged to boost tax relief for landlords

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th March 2012, 14 years ago | 0

Chancellor George Osborne is coming under more pressure from landlord and letting agent lobbies to ease buy to let tax...

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Give landlords more tax relief, RLA urges Chancellor

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th February 2012, 14 years ago | 6

Chancellor George Osborne should give buy to let owners a new tax deal to stimulate more investment in private rented...

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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....

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HMO licence fees up 650 percent

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

25th January 2012, 14 years ago | 6

In the last year it has become very clear that many Local Authorities are looking very carefully at Private Sector...

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Developers Switch to Buy to Let

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th January 2012, 14 years ago | 2

Developers are looking at renting their homes instead of selling them as demand for buy to let hots up. As...

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Property Investment Strategies – Part One

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16th January 2012, 14 years ago | 0

It’s a fact that more millionaires attain their wealth through property than any other type of investment, so by that...

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Here’s a radical idea – Stop Shooting Fish in a Barrel

Author: Mary Latham

13th January 2012, 14 years ago | 32

I am writing this after reading an article with the opening line “A Labour MP says that every MP he...

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Property Analysis – Part 2 – How it can save you thousands!

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14th December 2011, 14 years ago | 0

Missed Part One? Click to read Property Analysis – Part 1 Mortgage Cap Rate (Interest Only) = Net Annual Rental...

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Ignore those property price pundits who crave free publicity

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th December 2011, 14 years ago | 4

Christmas is not only the time to be merry, but it’s also the time when the dreaded pundits come out...

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Hush-hush Chancellor Quietly Puts up CGT and IHT

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th December 2011, 14 years ago | 0

Property investors will pay more inheritance tax and capital gains tax after the government changed the basis for calculating index-linked...

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Landlords are Buy to Let Paupers Despite Record Rents

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

28th November 2011, 14 years ago | 2

Buy to let investments do not make landlords money even though tenants are paying record rents, according to a new...

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How Parents Can Avoid Student Digs Tax Traps

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Buying a home for a son or daughter to live in while at university seems like a good plan for...

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One property tax for the rich…and another for the rest

Author: This article was written by guest author - Steve Sims

28th June 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Paying stamp duty and capital gains tax on a property sale is definitely a case of one law for the...