Tag: Rental Profit

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Downletting could be the new downsizing, says ARLA

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

14th December 2011, 15 years ago | 14

News Sourced by Property118 Downletting is the new way to raise cash from a home that you can’t sell, according...

Is Rent to Buy Just Another Dodgy Lease Option Scheme?

Author: Glenn Ackroyd

19th October 2011, 15 years ago | 0

I listened to a programme on Radio 5 Live a few days ago that investigated how “Property Investor and Guru”...

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What Property Investors Have to Tell the Tax Man

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

7th July 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Many property investors fail to tell the tax man about their property businesses and face mounting fines and penalties. Property...

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Should you pay off that buy to let mortgage?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

4th July 2011, 15 years ago | 2

Buy to let landlords often wonder if paying their mortgage off early is a good investment. The answer is it...

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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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Will your mortgage go toxic if interest rates rise?

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

5th April 2011, 15 years ago | 0

The big worry for buy to let landlords and homeowners is how their finances will cope when mortgage rates start...

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Use or lose that holiday home tax break

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

24th March 2011, 15 years ago | 0

Holiday homeowners only have a few days to splash out on a spending spree that takes advantage of a lucrative...

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Couples need to income shift to beat April’s tax changes

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

9th March 2011, 16 years ago | 0

Around 750,000 taxpayers face a shock at the end of the month when they are automatically upgraded to the higher...

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Landlord faces jail for £60,000 benefits fiddle

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

18th January 2011, 16 years ago | 1

Landlord Lynne Hampson faces jail for cheating the benefits system out of thousands of pounds and even spent some of...

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Sell or hold after completing a refurbishment?

Author: Mark Alexander

3rd January 2011, 16 years ago | 14

This question was recently asked on a property forum and inspired me to write this post. A spreadsheet could be...

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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...

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Keeping your property business cash flowing

Author: Mark Alexander

13th December 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Buy to let may be booming now – but many full time property investors are still feeling the pinch from...

Running a buy to let business as a limited company

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 18

Buy to let landlords making big rental profits and looking to save tax often flirt with the idea of running...

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Landlords lose out by paying cash-in-the-hand

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Paying tradesmen for cash in the hand jobs seems like a good idea at the time – but ends up...

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Stressed out taxman writes off bills for 1.9 million

Author: Mark Alexander

26th November 2010, 16 years ago | 4

The taxman has finally come a cropper in the game of brinkmanship played on claiming unpaid tax right on the...

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Nine excuses why property investors don’t make tax returns

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Many property owners are confused over whether they should declare the money they earn from letting. Here’s a list of...

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UK income tax hike was world’s highest for 2010

Author: Mark Alexander

28th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

British taxpayers are vying with those in Sweden, Denmark, and the Netherlands to pay the highest rates of tax in...

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

Author: Mark Alexander

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...

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What sort of property business do you run? This is the first in a series of articles that we will be running in Landlord News explaining how to optimise the ownership structure of your property business for tax purposes

Author: Mark Alexander

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 2

Building on the success of a property business involves much more than managing tenants in rental homes. Many investors start...

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Paying tax is not an option for buy-to-let landlords. This short eBook, which has been written by our recommended tax and accountancy partners, is an excellent guide for landlords who have yet to file a tax return

Author: Property118.com Landlord News Team

27th October 2010, 16 years ago | 0

Paying tax is not an option – there’s not a box on a self-assessment form for ‘no publicity’ or to...