by Guest | 4 May 2016 | Buy To Let
As the new buy-to-let stamp duty surcharge takes hold, and landlords look for ways to offset the additional expenditure they are incurring on new purchases and take the sting off the proposed reduction in tax relief that will come into effect from 2017....
by Alec Hanson | 3 Feb 2016 | Accountants/Tax
Cherie Blair, MBE QC, the wife of former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair is representing a group of several hundred property investors. They are lobbying against a tax increase which was announced by George Osborne in the summer. She argued that the human...
by Julie Hanson | 3 Aug 2015 | Property News
Many of you will have read the budget proposals targeting landlords. It makes no sense to suggest that a business cant offset legitimate financing expenses against income. The impact of this could be huge! An online petition has been created to reverse the planned tax...
by Julie Hanson | 22 Oct 2014 | Mortgages
Forthcoming pension reforms unveiled by the Chancellor, George Osbourne, mean that it will soon be possible for eligible pension holders to withdraw 25% of their pension fund tax-free, to do with as they please. Withdraw 25% of your pension fund tax free! ...
by Lettings - Claire Clark | 26 Aug 2014 | Finding a Tenant/Property Management
National property prices are up 10% in the last year, and people dipping back into the market have a whole new set of property-buying priorities. According to a recent survey of more than 2,000 UK residents, commissioned by mobile analytics firm RootMetrics, having...
by Julie Hanson | 28 Oct 2013 | Property News Archive
A report published by Knight Frank reveals that if a Mansion Tax were introduced, some homeowners could end up paying more in tax than the purchase price of a property over its lifetime. The first detailed assessment of the proposed Mansion Tax reveals...