February 2017

The Government’s Making Tax Digital proposals – requiring landlords to report quarterly to HMRC – will go ahead as planned in April 2018. The outcome of a consultation into the plans was revealed this week, when it was announced a pilot programme will start in April. HMRC has, however, said it will review the planned […]

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A total of 91 landlords have been issued with civil penalties since the Government’s controversial right to rent scheme was rolled out a year ago today. According to the Government landlords have been fined a total of almost £30,000, with 667 enquiries made to the Home Office’s landlords checking services specifically regarding tenants without the […]

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The Government is being urged to rethink punitive PRS tax changes after it was revealed the new stamp duty surcharge raised more than a billion pounds in its first nine months. It had been predicted the 3% surcharge on the purchase of additional homes, which was introduced in April last year, would bring in an additional […]

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