Properties

Properties are assets which can be subject to various forms of taxation. In our property posts we aim to discover how properties are taxed and explore all the latest news about the taxation of properties.

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Property Tax Posts

HMRC play the game of hide and seek using their Worldwide Disclosure Facility as overseas exercises gather pace.

Recent news stories about HMRC working with foreign tax authorities and my recent article on an Aussie couple contacting me for help …

Airbnb UK

Airbnb UK Topic: Find out how to take care of the business operations of an Airbnb business in the UK.

The Lowdown: Ricky Steedman, Managing Partner of Steedman and Company discusses some of the important considerations for successfully running an

Buy to Lexit

The great British buy to let market has been a mainstay of middle class wealth for decades. It has been a safe haven for excess funds; an easy to understand, accessible, liquid asset class which has seen thousands build up

Buy-to-Let Boom

With the recent boom in buy-to-let mortgages and property sales, as well as an increase in the number of second home purchases, HMRC are clamping down on the estimated 900,000 landlords in the UK who have not registered for self-assessment

Sold a second home recently?

You may have seen the piece yesterday in the Sunday Times Money supplement about HMRC going after people for capital gains tax on the sale of second homes.

The essential point of the article was that HMRC believe many people

Are you a landlord?

If so, then it is more than likely that you are either making a profit or a loss from your rented property.

But I’ve only got one little flat?

If you own one or more properties other than your main

Am I liable for Capital Gains Tax

This is an interesting Q & A style article we found about capital gains tax on UK property which may be helpful for those making decisions involving the UK property market.


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Encouraging Signs in Mortgage Lending

The mortgage market displayed “welcome signs of life” in August, although not to the extent of signalling a housing boom.

Around 52,000 home loans were given for house purchases, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), a 7 percent …

House prices rose by 0.5 percent in March, according to figures from the Nationwide building society.

The rise results in the average price of a house being £164,751, just 0.1 percent than this time a year ago.

Robert Gardner, the …

Tax Changes to Holiday Homes Planned

The current regime of Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHL) may be about to change as HMRC are consulting on new legislation to replace FHL.

Currently, tax rules allow for holiday lettings to be traded as a “quazi trade” with a number …