A tax specialist says HM Revenue & Customs is mobilising its teams to probe Airbnb hosts - and he warns ‘the clock...
Archive
-400x310-min.jpeg)
A tax barrister has restructured his way of working and is appealing to buy to let and other property investors as...
12 February 2021
From: Breaking News

A survey conducted for a mortgage broker suggests one in six landlords is unaware that 2019-2020 - tax assessments for which...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News

New research suggests there’s been a rush amongst landlords to set up companies through which to manage or purchase buy to...
19 January 2021
From: Breaking News
The changes to Mortgage Interest Tax Relief and impact on your wallet Before April 2017 landlords with a mortgage on their buy-to-let...
14 January 2021
From: Sponsored Content

Advice from a tax software consultancy suggests that landlords must declare Coronavirus grants in future tax returns, including the next self-assessment...
14 January 2021
From: Breaking News

A Labour MP is demanding action against unscrupulous predator landlords who demand sex from tenants in lieu of rent. The Daily Mail...
04 January 2021
From: Breaking News

An accountancy firm claims that buy to let landlords who admit evading tax on their rental income have underpaid to HMRC...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The government is reported to be considering applying VAT to the use of Airbnb and other short let platforms in a...
11 December 2020
From: Breaking News

A tax specialist says the HMRC has amended its guidance on stamp duty in such a way as to suggest many...
08 December 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of overseas landlords admitting tax avoidance has risen 65 per cent in five years according to an accountancy firm. Moore,...
30 November 2020
From: Breaking News

A financial planner is advising landlords on how to minimise their current Capital Gains Tax liability ahead of possible change. Chancellor Rishi...
17 November 2020
From: Breaking News

Summer 2020 saw changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule come into force and talk of a CGT increase...
30 October 2020
From: Conveyancing, Mortgages, Tax & Finance

An investment consultancy says landlords seeking mortgages to acquire new properties via a company have been finding some applications rejected as...
23 October 2020
From: Breaking News

A rental sector management firm is asking whether possible upcoming tax probes by HMRC may spell the end of the short-let...
13 October 2020
From: Breaking News

An accountancy firm is warning Airbnb landlords they may be investigated following a decision by the short lets platform to share data...
09 October 2020
From: Breaking News

It has been just over a month since changes to the 30-day Capital Gains Tax (CGT) rule came into force and...
15 September 2020
From: Breaking News

The government is being encouraged to consider introducing a national register of rental properties to improve tax compliance in the buy-to-let...
06 August 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords facing hardship as a consequence of the coronavirus crisis can defer their July tax payment on account, but taxpayers...
29 July 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords suffering hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic can defer their July tax payment on account, but taxpayers...
29 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Are you facing cash flow difficulties? Buy-to-let landlords suffering hardship as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic can defer their July...
12 June 2020
From: Breaking News

People who invest in a property that has an annexe and therefore believe they have acquired two properties and can claim stamp...
02 June 2020
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords suffering hardship as a result of the coronavirus pandemic can defer their July tax payment on account. Research shows that not...
26 May 2020
From: Breaking News

Property transactions unsurprisingly slumped in April amid the lockdown restrictions imposed to contain the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak. The latest HMRC...
25 May 2020
From: Breaking News

In an effort to get the UK economy open again, the UK’s tax regime should be simplified to encourage inward investment,...
01 May 2020
From: Breaking News

HMRC are suspending enquiries into taxpayers and businesses that are under investigation as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. HMRC is writing...
14 April 2020
From: Breaking News

From this month, HMRC has enacted legislation requiring UK residents to submit capital gains tax (CGT) returns, as well as pay any...
10 April 2020
From: Breaking News

Heading into March, the UK housing market was showing the kind of green shoots appropriate for the start of spring, with...
25 March 2020
From: Breaking News

Residential property transactions increased by 5.2% in the year to January 2020, according to HMRC ‘s latest property transaction statistics. There were...
24 February 2020
From: Breaking News

HMRC has re-issued brief guidance on Making Tax Digital (MTD) for landlords and sole traders who will eventually be required to...
13 February 2020
From: Breaking News

Cuts to tax relief and other rule changes are driving out smaller landlords, the latest figures show. Official HMRC data reveals the...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The 31st January deadline to submit your self-assessment tax return for the year ended 5 April 2019 has come and gone, however,...
03 February 2020
From: Breaking News

The number of properties and rooms available to book on Airbnb has soared in major UK cities, as landlords, local families...
28 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The tax return deadline when filing your online Self Assessment for the tax year ending 5 April 2019 is just over...
23 January 2020
From: Breaking News

It is that time of year again. Filing an annual tax return is a necessary task for every self-employed person, including...
14 January 2020
From: Breaking News

The tax return deadline when filing your online Self Assessment for the tax year ending 5 April 2019 is less than...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News

Which party will win the landlord vote? Given that the mainstream parties all have policies that appear to work against BTL landlords,...
03 December 2019
From: Breaking News

Airbnb has been warned that it could face legal proceedings after being contacted by HMRC over "tax laws or regulations impacting...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News

Every year is the same. Come tax season, landlords all over the UK find themselves confused when filing a self assessment...
23 September 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords could soon be required to pay more money in capital gains tax (CGT) under new proposals put forward by...
11 September 2019
From: Breaking News

For most people, their properties are their most valuable asset. And for anyone with children, the consequence of not having made...
04 September 2019
From: Breaking News

The scales are tipping in the UK towards a greater number of private renters compared to owner-occupiers, as reflected by the...
22 August 2019
From: Breaking News

A number of taxpayers, including buy-to-let landlords, have been left feeling confused after HMRC issued self-assessment statements to individual taxpayers which...
30 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Although new capital gains tax rules could cost some landlords thousands of pounds when they sell up, property is still a...
25 July 2019
From: Breaking News

If as a landlord you are already in the self-assessment tax system then you may be due to pay your payment...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News

HMRC is starting to catch up with overseas-based landlords who have not been paying tax on the rental income they receive...
09 July 2019
From: Breaking News

The number of buy-to-let landlords confessing to not paying tax has soared, new figures show. A crackdown by HM Revenue and Customs...
08 July 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords, property investors and second home owners are being urged to beware of a ‘dramatic change’ to the existing capital...
01 July 2019
From: Breaking News

When you rent a property to a tenant, you are required to pay tax on any profit you make from rental...
26 June 2019
From: Breaking News

Primas Law is urging landlords and property developers to seek legal advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News

HMRC could soon be flooded with stamp duty surcharge refund requests from buy-to-let investors following a potential precedent set at a...
26 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Brexit uncertainty could lead to a rise in demand for holiday let rental homes, which is potentially good news for landlords...
21 March 2019
From: Breaking News

HMRC’s Let Property Campaign, which provides an opportunity for landlords to come forward and report undeclared rental income and expenditure to...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Rental income for buy-to-let landlords has increased by a staggering 15% over the past 12 month to hit £18.7bn, up from...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let mortgage activity continued to slow in December with landlord investors taking out just 5,100 new buy-to-let home purchase mortgages, down...
20 February 2019
From: Breaking News

The 31st January deadline to submit your self-assessment tax return for the year ended 5 April 2018 has come and gone,...
04 February 2019
From: Breaking News

With the 31 January deadline for the 2017/18 self assessment tax returns just days away, Blick Rothenberg offers some last minute...
29 January 2019
From: Breaking News

It is that time of year again. Filing an annual tax return is a necessary task for every self-employed person, including...
25 January 2019
From: Breaking News

It’s that time of year again. Filing an annual tax return is a necessary task for every self-employed person, including buy-to-let...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News

When you rent out property you may have to pay tax. But the rules on paying tax on rental income can...
28 December 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s now three years since the then Conservative Chancellor George Osborne introduced a series of measures aimed, principally, at cooling the...
27 December 2018
From: Breaking News

There was a further rise in the number of landlords exiting the buy-to-let market, new data shows. Belvoir’s Q3 Rental Index, compiled...
19 December 2018
From: Breaking News

For some investors, buy-to-let does not look as lucrative as it once did, with peer-to-peer investing emerging as a viable alternative...
13 December 2018
From: Breaking News

If you have inherited a holiday home or B&B you could save thousands of pounds in inheritance tax, according to Kirwans...
29 November 2018
From: Breaking News

As the Chancellor prepares for today’s Autumn Budget, more residential taxes are widely mooted to be introduced, according to various experts. The...
29 October 2018
From: Breaking News

If as a landlord you are not yet in the self-assessment tax system then you need to register for tax self-assessment...
25 September 2018
From: Breaking News

The government’s plans to change the rules on its ‘rent-a-room’ scheme, which allows people to earn up to £7,500 a year...
01 August 2018
From: Breaking News

If you wish to raise finance against an existing property and are self-employed then you may find a secured loan provides...
31 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content

If as a landlord you are already in the self-assessment tax system then you may be due to pay your payment...
31 July 2018
From: Breaking News

An online petition calling for buy-to-let tax relief changes to be reversed has received almost 16,500 signatures. Buy-to-let landlord and property investment...
05 July 2018
From: Breaking News

The government is hoping to improve standards in the private rented sector in Telford by handing £388,925 to Telford & Wrekin...
20 June 2018
From: Breaking News

Landlords, universities and construction firms involved with developing student housing breathed a sigh of relief after HMRC’s appeal against a ruling...
12 June 2018
From: Breaking News

The government has responded to a petition calling on the reintroduction of full mortgage interest relief and the scrapping of the...
30 May 2018
From: Breaking News

With the outlook for savers looking dismal, many people continue to invest in the tried and tested route of bricks and...
09 May 2018
From: Breaking News

Over the past year, the government has introduced 3% Stamp Duty levy, new stress tests for portfolio landlords and started to...
16 April 2018
From: Breaking News

Despite the changes to the buy-to-let sector in recent years, there still remains a desire among many to become a landlord,...
09 April 2018
From: Breaking News

With savers receiving dismal returns from banks and building societies, thousands more people are turning to buy-to-let as a means of...
08 March 2018
From: Breaking News

Capital gains tax receipts hit £5.5bn in January, leaving the Treasury on course to rake in as much as £8.8bn this...
22 February 2018
From: Breaking News

Recently named as the most rapidly improving locations in the UK – investment in the UK’s second city shows no sign...
08 February 2018
From: Sponsored Content

The 31st January deadline to submit your self-assessment tax return for the year ended 5 April 2017 has come and gone, but almost...
05 February 2018
From: Breaking News

With the 31 January deadline for the 2016/17 self assessment tax returns almost upon us, Blick Rothenberg offers some last minute...
30 January 2018
From: Breaking News

It’s that time of year again. Filing an annual tax return is a necessary task for every self-employed person, including buy-to-let...
08 January 2018
From: Breaking News

As we prepare ourselves for the New Year, the chances are you, along with plenty of other people, have big plans for...
29 December 2017
From: Breaking News

LSL Group has launched two new five-year fixed rate buy-to-let products with Leeds Building Society The products, with rates of 2.94% and...
05 December 2017
From: Breaking News

A new ‘help and support’ page has been launched by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to help landlords pay tax and...
06 September 2017
From: Breaking News

The Treasury has so far pocketed around £2bn as a result of the 3% stamp duty surcharge on additional homes, including...
25 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A London council has been working with HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) to identify landlords that have failed to declare their...
15 August 2017
From: Breaking News

A landlord has been jailed for failing to declare Capital Gains Tax from the sale of his rental properties. Richard Fuller, 53,...
14 August 2017
From: Breaking News

The government yesterday announced a U-turn on the extent of the 'Making Tax Digital' requirements, and the move has been warmly...
14 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Buy-to-let landlords are increasingly buying cheaper properties with higher yields, Mortgages for Business found in its Complex Buy to Let Index...
13 July 2017
From: Breaking News

Very few of us enjoy filling in a tax return. But here are a few suggestions put forward by London based...
21 June 2017
From: Breaking News

Having long provided mega double-digit returns for investors, investment in buy-to-let continues to outperform other major asset classes, including bonds, cash...
13 April 2017
From: Breaking News
06 April 2017
From: Breaking News

A London based landlord has been given a suspended two-year prison sentence for tax fraud, following a Revenue and Customs investigation...
13 March 2017
From: Breaking News

The number of second homes liable to pay stamp duty increased to 62,800 in the final quarter of last year, up...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) is urging the government to reconsider pending taxation changes announced by the now former chancellor George...
01 February 2017
From: Breaking News

With less than just three weeks remaining until the January 31 Self Assessment deadline, buy-to-let landlords are being reminded that there are...
13 January 2017
From: Breaking News

It’s that time of year again. Filing an annual tax return is a necessary task for every self-employed person, including buy-to-let...
09 January 2017
From: Breaking News

LandlordInvest, a peer-to-peer lending platforms for buy-to-let and bridging loans, has gained full FCA Authorisation after a 24 months application process. The...
07 December 2016
From: Breaking News

From a landlord’s perspective, it has been a tough year, with a raft of changes designed to bring the booming housing...
02 November 2016
From: Breaking News

A quarter of all residential properties acquired in the summer were either a buy-to-let investment or a second home, fresh data...
31 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Landlords fighting to prevent punitive tax relief changes for buy-to-let income being introduced in April 2017 are ‘hopeful’ that a hearing...
06 October 2016
From: Breaking News

Landlords fighting to prevent punitive tax relief changes for buy-to-let landlords being introduced next year will get their day in court,...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News

The National Landlord Association (NLA) has issued a report insisting that late additions to the Finance Bill at Committee Stage regarding...
02 September 2016
From: Breaking News

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has this week launched a 12-week consultation named 'Making Text Digital'. One of the features of the...
16 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The Society of Licensed Conveyancers (SLC) has called for the government to abolish stamp duty to create a more “buoyant and...
08 August 2016
From: Breaking News

The first figures following the introduction of the stamp duty surcharge for buy-to-let landlords and second homebuyers have been released by...
01 August 2016
From: Breaking News

Greater scrutiny of the capital gains tax exemption, which is used by people selling their main home, is required to help...
29 July 2016
From: Breaking News

The government’s attack on landlords is unlikely to end anytime soon despite widespread criticisms, after it released details of how the...
22 July 2016
From: Breaking News

If you are registered under the self-assessment tax regime, it is crucial that you do not forget to make your second...
14 July 2016
From: Breaking News

For many people buy-to-let continues to look an attractive income investment at a time of low saving rates and stock market...
31 May 2016
From: Breaking News

April provided the government with the highest Stamp Duty Land Tax (‘SDLT’) revenue ever recorded for a single month, according to...
25 May 2016
From: Breaking News

Small-scale landlords with mortgages on their buy-to-let properties are being urged to fight back against unjust mortgage tax relief changes by...
06 May 2016
From: Breaking News

A tax body has warned that flood-hit landlords could come a cropper when new rules about tax relief on expenditure by...
23 February 2016
From: Breaking News

A legal campaign to fight punitive tax relief changes for buy-to-let landlords has progressed to the next stage. Two landlords, Steve...
02 February 2016
From: Breaking News

The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA) has warned that HMRC is set to target those making money from renting out...
14 January 2016
From: Breaking News

A campaign aimed at helping residential landlords get their tax affairs in order has brought in more than £50 million, according...
16 October 2015
From: Breaking News

A law firm has highlighted another approaching deadline for landlords, which it says is particularly important to those new to letting property. Legal...
01 October 2015
From: Breaking News

The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) has asked for landlords’ help in proposing alternative “tax solutions” to the Government. In the summer Budget...
21 August 2015
From: Breaking News

A firm of accountants has warned that homeowners using Airbnb to raise extra cash could end up in conflict with HMRC...
12 August 2015
From: Breaking News

HMRC has revealed the scope of its proposed changes to the wear and tear allowance, as announced in George Osborne’s budget...