Recently, the headlines have been focusing on the disposal of politician Angela Rayner’s house and whether or not she correctly calculated her Capital Gains Tax (CGT) liability. Our Tax Partner, Lucy Orrow, looks at some of the main points which have been raised in...
In the Spring Budget 2024, the Government announced changes that will affect individuals who own a Furnished Holiday Let (FHL), effective from 6 April 2025. From this date, furnished holiday letting businesses will be treated in the same way as other property rental...
We are seeing a high number of HMRC ‘nudge’ letters being issued, suggesting that rental income from property has not been correctly reported. HMRC are obviously getting this information from somewhere as many of the approaches made to us have been from landlords...
Draft legislation for Making Tax Digital (MTD) for Income Tax Self Assessment (ITSA) has been issued by HMRC. From April 2024, individuals with a turnover of £10,000 or more from self-employment or property income will be required to make quarterly submissions with a...
Our previous Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) article of 12 June 2020 discussed an extension to the exceptional circumstances rule, where a sale of a previous home had taken longer than 3 years to complete. This would normally restrict the ability to claim a refund of the...
The selling or gifting of residential property will be a Capital Gains Tax (CGT) event, whereby the gain will normally be calculated by reducing the market value/selling price for the cost of acquisition and for other allowable expenditure. The main relief from CGT...
