Tag: landlord tax
Landlord Council Tax – Who Pays?
Landlord council tax Most landlords who let a property that is tenanted will not be liable for council tax. This is because where a property is occupied by a tenant; it’s the tenants who are responsible for meeting the costs of the council tax charge. However, there will be occasions and situations where a landlord […]
Allowable expenses on a rental property
What are the allowable expenses on a rental property? Landlords looking at how to claim expenses on their rental property will also need to know what are the allowable expenses for the purposes of landlord tax. I’ve been contacted recently by several landlords who were enquiring whether some of their recent building works on their […]
Landlords Tax Deadlines
Landlords essential tax dates 2020/21 I know the last thing landlords want to be thinking about is landlord tax. Especially when the value of our buy-to-let property investments are falling like a stone and in some places rents now appear to be on the slide. However, one thing that doesn’t go away is a landlords […]
How To Hold BTL Property?
How should landlords hold their buy-to-let property? The way a landlord holds their property investment can have a big bearing on their ultimate landlord tax liabilities. It is possible to own your rental property as an individual or increasingly landlords are looking at the possibility of incorporating their property rental business to save tax. The […]
Landlords Claiming Expenses Against Tax
How landlords claim tax expenses? Landlord tax is one of the most difficult areas that landlords have to get to grips with. After all very few landlords are professional accountants. Therefore for many of us keeping up to date with tax deadlines and understanding fully the taxation system relating to buy-to-let property can be a […]
Taxing End To The Year
How should landlords deal with their tax return? For landlords with residential investment property it’s rapidly approaching that time of year – it’s time to do your tax return. How I envy those people on PAYE, all they have to do is pick up their little slip at the end of the month and Payroll […]
Tax time bomb 2020
Landlord tax saving stategies It’s a great time to be a landlord. Many of us landlords including me are making record rental profits but this also means potentially a record tax bill for landlords. This is because interest rates are still on the floor and latest projections indicate that they are likely to remain low […]
HMRC target landlords Capital Gains Tax (CGT)
HMRC’s Capital Gains Tax Review indicates that the Government may be more rigorous than ever in coaxing Capital Gains Tax (CGT) cash out of landlords. We already know that HMRC systematically uses Land Registry details to ensure that they collect all the landlords Capital Gains Tax (CGT) due to them. The Government has recently re-doubled […]
Property Hawk is EVOLVING
Property Hawk the website dedicated to managing your residential investment properties is evolving to meet the needs of our mobile users and also we thought it was time for a freshen up. You might notice a few minor changes to the way it looks. I can assure you that the same quality content will all […]
Save Landlord Tax – Split The Rent
How to save on your landlord tax bill It seems timely with the deadline for paying and submitting a landlords self assessment tax return having just passed on the 31.01 to mention a way of reducing your potential liabilities for next year. This should be of particular interest to landlords who are parents of student […]