The end of Furnished Holiday Lets (‘FHLs’) is nigh!
2nd August 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
The final Conservative Budget in March announced that the FHL regime – which offers various advantages for individuals and companies who…
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What’s so bad about bridging loans in a section 162 incorporation?
26th July 2024
Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax by Andrew Marr
The use of bridging loans in a section 162 incorporation have recently incurred the wrath of tax blogger, Dan Neidle (famous…
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Beware of this statutory residence test trap if you retain a UK home
19th July 2024
Posted in Articles by Angela Carey
The Statutory Residence Test (SRT) rules determine if an individual is UK tax resident in a given year and hence within…
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Lease extensions and the 3% surcharge
12th July 2024
Posted in Articles, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
The 3% SDLT surcharge has been with us for eight years now and the basic rules are as follows: 1. Trusts and…
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3% stamp duty land tax (SDLT) surcharge and linked transactions
5th July 2024
Posted in Articles, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
We recently considered a scenario where a property development company was considering acquiring a £3m house for development purposes. More accurately,…
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SDLT on in specie distributions
26th June 2024
Posted in Articles, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
There are often cases where it is beneficial to transfer assets from one company to another as a distribution. When property…
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Child’s occupation of ATED property can lead to a nasty surprise
14th June 2024
Posted in Articles by Marianne Cain
The Annual Tax on Enveloped Dwellings (‘ATED’) is a yearly charge applying to high-value residential property which is held by a…
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Be very careful when transferring property loans in a section 162 incorporation
7th June 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
Property business incorporations have been quite topical recently. The tax blogger Dan Neidle has attacked various mass marketed planning strategies in…
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Abolition of Multiple Dwellings Relief does not prevent reclaims being made
31st May 2024
Posted in Articles, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
On 6 March 2024 the Chancellor announced that Multiple Dwellings Relief (MDR) was to be abolished from 1 June 2024 (unless…
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Foreign law matters when a non-UK resident company purchases its own shares
24th May 2024
Posted in Articles by Andrew Marr
In UK law a company can purchase its own shares from its shareholders. The question then arises about how this should…
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