Tag: Property Investor

Taxman won’t take estate planning on trust. Property investors with portfolios with values exceeding the IHT single/married thresholds of £325,000 and £625,000 are expected to face higher levels of investigation from HM Revenue and Customs.

Taxman won’t take estate planning on trust. Property inve...

Wealthy families with complicated inheritance tax (IHT) avoidance schemes are the likely targets of tax ‘hit squads’. Property...

Claiming property business expenses as a landlord. Here are some tips about some of the expenses that cause landlords and their accountants the most problems.

Claiming property business expenses as a landlord. Here a...

Buy to let property investors pay too much tax because they do not know how to claim property business expenses. The sad fact is many...

Guide to keeping financial records for a property business

Guide to keeping financial records for a property business

As the deadlines for filing rental accounts fast approach, here’s a quick guide to how the taxman expects property investors...

Bunch of robbing bankers, by co-founder of The Money Centre, Mike Woodfine

Bunch of robbing bankers, by co-founder of The Money Cent...

By Mike Woodfine, Co-founder of The Money Centre. Interest margins are extortionate – you need an unsecured loan to pay lenders...

The History of Buy to Let Sale and Rent Back

The History of Buy to Let Sale and Rent Back

By Mark Alexander. I closed my first Sale and Rent Back, “SARB”, deal in 1990. It wasn’t for me personally though...

Making sure a selling price adds up for capital gains. Property investors must know the break-even figure to set the asking price and to negotiate with a prospective buyer who makes an offer

Making sure a selling price adds up for capital gains. Pr...

House sellers need to do their sums before accepting an offer on a property investment to make sure the figures add up to pay any tax...

Property investors must act to avoid 40% tax bill

Property investors must act to avoid 40% tax bill

The best laid Tory plans to boost inheritance tax (IHT) thresholds to £1 million after the election were shelved as a result of pressure...

The history of No Money Down and Instant Remortgages since 1992

The history of No Money Down and Instant Remortgages sinc...

Falling rates boost buy to let mortgages.

Falling rates boost buy to let mortgages.

Landlords set to profit from generation of renters. Housing minister Grant Shapps has told the nation that Britain cannot afford another boom-and-bust house price explosion

Landlords set to profit from generation of renters. Housi...

Nine excuses why property investors don’t make tax returns

Nine excuses why property investors don’t make tax returns

UK income tax hike was world’s highest for 2010

UK income tax hike was world’s highest for 2010

What’s more important, cashflow or liquidity? Mark Alexander reports

What’s more important, cashflow or liquidity? Mark Alexan...

The Money Centre’s Estate Planning Partners look to team up with several charities. When people are diagnosed with a critical illness or a degenerative disease plenty of people offer tea and sympathy but very few offer good practical advice

The Money Centre’s Estate Planning Partners look to team ...

Capital Allowances FAQ for property investors. Our tax partner Steve Sims has produced this superb guide

Capital Allowances FAQ for property investors. Our tax pa...

House prices notch up 0.1% gain in September according to Nationwide

House prices notch up 0.1% gain in September according to...

Councils fear cash claims if they tackle HMO problems

Councils fear cash claims if they tackle HMO problems

Developer sues homebuyer for failing to complete. A property developer has won a landmark case giving him the right to claim the full sale price of a flat from a buyer who could not raise the funds to complete his purchase due to the credit crunch

Developer sues homebuyer for failing to complete. A prope...

Who really cares if house prices fall? Are falling prices an opportunity or a threat and what actions should you be taking right now?

Who really cares if house prices fall? Are falling prices...

Spotlight on our Tax and Accountancy partners. Landlord News articles about Tax and accountancy are the best read. In this issue we provide more information on the levels of assistance our partners can provide

Spotlight on our Tax and Accountancy partners. Landlord N...

Property investors owe £200 million in uncollected tax. Property investors who have failed to declare their tax account for £200 million of the missing £42 billion HM Revenue and Customs failed to collect last year because of evasion, and mistakes

Property investors owe £200 million in uncollected tax. P...