Tag: IHT

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How I choose my tenants

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

4th February 2011, 16 years ago | 3

Please remember that my properties are all mid range to upper end of the market.  My typical tenant profile is...

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How I minimise property management issues

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

4th February 2011, 16 years ago | 3

Please remember that my properties are all mid range to upper end of market properties aimed at the professional tenants...

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How I minimise rental voids

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

4th February 2011, 16 years ago | 6

A one month rental void accounts for 8.33% of your annual rental income.  For many landlords this is the difference...

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TV business guru switches on to wills and IHT

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th January 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Business guru Gerry Robinson is turning his talents to solving inheritance tax and estate planning problems for families in a...

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Scrap IHT to make wealthy pay more tax, urges think-tank

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

6th January 2011, 16 years ago | 12

Inheritance Tax is unfair and unpopular and should be scrapped in favour of a new ‘gift tax’, argues an influential...

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The roots of my Property Investment Strategy

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

17th December 2010, 16 years ago | 24

“I measure my business related success by how much I improve my cashflow and my bank balance every year.” The...

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How I maximise the returns on my liquidity fund (cash in the bank)

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

17th December 2010, 16 years ago | 9

In January 2008 I refinanced my entire portfolio in line with my ongoing strategy.  There was an opportunity to release...

Are Property Investors interested in ways to reduce IHT?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

13th December 2010, 16 years ago | 6

I’ve raised this question is that it’s important to me. Am I in the minority though? I’ve insured my life...

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Treasury crackdown to tackle £2 billion tax cheats

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

13th December 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The Treasury announced new tax avoidance measures aimed at raising at extra £2 billion in tax over the next four...

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Buy to let strategy – the 20% liquidity reserve rule of thumb

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

3rd December 2010, 16 years ago | 8

This rule of thumb is very simple.  If you have £100,000 of buy to let mortgages you should have £20,000...

Children suffer most if parents have no will.

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

12th November 2010, 16 years ago | 1

More than 30 million people in the UK do not have a will – even though nine out of 10...

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Inheritance Tax FAQ.

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

12th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The 30 million people in the UK who do not have a will are letting the government grab a large...

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Taxing decisions to make when inheriting a home.

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

12th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Inheriting a property means making some important decisions that have lifestyle, tax and other financial consequences.

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Taxman won’t take estate planning on trust. Property investors with portfolios with values exceeding the IHT single/married thresholds of £325,000 and £625,000 are expected to face higher levels of investigation from HM Revenue and Customs.

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

3rd November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Wealthy families with complicated inheritance tax (IHT) avoidance schemes are the likely targets of tax ‘hit squads’. Property investors with...

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Property investors must act to avoid 40% tax bill

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

The best laid Tory plans to boost inheritance tax (IHT) thresholds to £1 million after the election were shelved as...

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Gifting a home to family can cost a fortune

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Gifting property to families or loved ones without triggering a cluster bomb of taxes is never simple. Take two sisters...

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What’s more important, cashflow or liquidity? Mark Alexander reports

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Cashflow is simply defined as regular income. Positive cashflow is when income exceeds expenditure and you make a profit. So...

Is your property portfolio ownership structure optimised to enable you to pay the minimum amount of CGT, income tax and IHT?

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 14

In this article I look at the differences between owning property as joint tenants, tenants in common or as individuals....

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Why up to 40% of your life insurance payout could end up in the hands of the tax man

Author: Mark Alexander - Founder of Property118

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 1

If your net assets are worth over £325,000 when you die, any money that you leave to anybody other than...

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Landlords could be lining the Tax Mans coffers if they live through the next property cycle. Born free taxed to death? This needn’t be the case for readers of Landlord News

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 2

The UK’s average property value is currently £167,953, according to the Halifax’s latest survey. It is probably fair to say...

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Don’t just leave financial problems when you die. An interesting article from Steve Sims, freelance journalist and author of The Dummies Guide to Property taxation

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

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

In these times of austerity, many people are looking at ways to save money but one expense that is well...