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Brace Yourself for Shocking Mortgage Rates!

Hold onto your seats because we have a jaw-dropping revelation about mortgage rates today that will leave you stunned.
Did you know that a seemingly modest 6.43% rate offered today is equivalent to a whopping 25.7% rate back in 1980?

Tax Benefits of Malta Residency

The tax benefits associated with retiring or otherwise relocating to Malta can be significant. This is something I know firsthand because my wife and I took that leap back in 2016.
Below is a very short summary of some of the tax benefits my wife and I…

What is a Rent Repayment Order?

If you’ve found this article as a result of searching for the term Rent Repayment Order, then the chances are very high that you’ve just received a letter with an “Application by Tenant or Local Housing Authority for a Rent Repayment Order”.

Difficulties remortgaging due to higher interest rates affecting lenders affordability criteria

Many landlords are reporting that it has become increasingly difficult to remortgage as a result of higher interest rates affecting lenders’ affordability calculations.
Last week I spoke to one landlord whose mortgage interest is now greater than…

Hybrid LLP Action Group Motives

Mark Smith, Head of Chambers at Cotswold Barristers said …
“This (the Hybrid LLP Action Group) is not a knee-jerk reaction or an attempt to undermine other advisers’ work for the sake of it. 
The Hybrid LLP Action Group arises from a number of landlord…

How HMRC Might Target Hybrid LLP Compliance Checks

The likeliness of HMRC opening “Compliance Checks” into the accounting of Hybrid LLP’s operated by property rental business owners is now at an all-time high.
HMRC could simply target all LLP’s registered at the office addresses…

Hybrid LLP structures GAME OVER!

It’s game over for most Hybrid LLP tax structures.
A “Hybrid” / Mixed LLP is a Limited Liability Partnership where one or more Members is a Limited Company.
Following our article “How Property118 Are Helping A Landlord To Resolv…

How Property118 Are Helping A Landlord To Resolve A Serious Hybrid LLP Tax Planning Blunder

Stay tuned for the big reveal – the name of the accountant responsible for this catastrophic situation will be unveiled soon. But first, we’re working to negotiate a settlement with HMRC on behalf of the landlord who’s now facing a he…

Why so many landlords have waited until now to incorporate their property rental businesses

These are the top six reasons why so many landlords have waited until now to form a Limited Company and sell their property rental business to it in exchange for shares. This process is commonly known as ‘incorporation’.
Reason #1
The pain …

Landlords must ACT NOW to reduce tax payable on account this JULY

Payments on account are advance payments towards your tax bill for the following year based on the tax you owed in the previous year. These payments are due in two instalments, one on January 31st and the other on July 31st.

Golden Opportunities for UK Estate Agents

There has never been a better time for Estate Agents to have a fundamental re-think about how to grow their business, because the market has undeniably changed direction.
How can agents prevent their lettings business from shrinking?
How can estate age…

Tax is triggered by the timing of events

If you’re confused by the title of this article; “Tax is triggered by the timing of events”, I will start with a simple example before moving on to explaining how “timing” can be used to your advantage with Landlord Tax Pl…

What is a Family Investment Company?

I posed the question “What is a Family Investment Company?” to Chat GPT recently and was pleasantly surprised with the accuracy of its response, as follows: –
“A family investment company (FIC) is a private limited company that …

Opportunities for UK Landlords to take tax efficient ‘time out’

Did you know, there are currently 15 Countries where UK landlords can get a special visa to live for a year or more, pay no tax in those Countries, and potentially benefit from significantly lower taxation in the UK?
The above could be very appealing

Unfair UK Taxation of privately owned rental PROPERTY businesses

I’ve written this post in response to an article that appeared in The Guardian entitled “Landlords accused of ‘making up stories’ in drive to change UK tax rules”.
What a load of tosh that article was!

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