by guildy | 1 Dec 2016 | Buy to Let Borrowing, New Legislation, Tax & VAT
Buy to let landlords worried about the impact tax changes will have on their property businesses have won some respite from Chancellor Philip Hammond. Despite protests and legal challenges aimed at stirring up hype, the real tax situation is a lot less threatening...
by guildy | 12 Oct 2016 | Buy to Let Borrowing, News, Tax & VAT
A coalition of landlords has lost a £180,000 legal challenge to reverse buy to let tax changes that they claim will cost them much of their rental profits – but has vowed to fight on. Led by barrister Cherie Blair, wife of former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, the...
by guildy | 15 Apr 2016 | Buy to Let Borrowing, News, Tax & VAT
Around half the homes sold in the run up to the end of the financial year were deals by property investors racing to beat the new rise in stamp duty. The figure was a huge increase compared to the 18% of all homes bought and sold in March 2015, says estate agent...
by guildy | 31 Jul 2015 | News, Tax & VAT
Landlords have banded together (including a number of our members) and an e-petition against the decision to change the rules relating to mortgage interest relief. has been created. The petition titled ‘Reverse the planned tax relief restriction on ‘individual’...