Should I gift my property to my company?
25th August 2023 | Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax, IHT, Inheritance Tax, Trusts and Estates, Private Client, Property Tax, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Tom Minnikin
We were having a debate in the office this week about what is the costliest mistake that anyone had come across…
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HMRC’s stamp duty land tax (SDLT) consultation
11th January 2022 | Posted in Articles, Property Tax, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue On 30 November 2021 HMRC published a consultation document which suggests options for changing certain aspects of the current…
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Spouse rules for the 2% SDLT surcharge
14th June 2021 | Posted in Articles, Property Tax, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
In this week’s Tax Bite we discuss some of the nuances of the spouse rules contained within the new non-resident SDLT…
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Capital loss for lost deposits?
8th June 2021 | Posted in Articles, Property Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue One issue which sadly crops up sometimes is the question of whether tax relief can be claimed on a…
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2% SDLT surcharge about to kick in
26th March 2021 | Posted in Articles, Property Tax, Stamp Duty, Stamp Duty Land Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue From 1 April 2021 non-UK residents will face a 2% hike in SDLT for purchases of residential property. This…
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What about Principal Private Residence losses?
26th February 2021 | Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax, Property Tax, Stamp Duty by Andrew Marr
The issue Most people are aware that gains on the sale of a main residence are not generally subject to capital…
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New rules for inter-spouse transfers of main residence
4th December 2020 | Posted in Articles, Property Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue With all the chaos that was going on, you may have missed a rather subtle change that was introduced…
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Offshore property companies need to review UK tax reporting requirements
14th October 2019 | Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax, Property Tax by Andrew Marr
The issue Not so long ago offshore companies did not have too much UK tax to worry about. If they received…
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Selling your own/former home? Two key changes are on the horizon that may make you want to act quickly
27th August 2019 | Posted in Articles, Capital Gains Tax, Property Tax by Andrew Marr
The background Most people will be aware that there is a relief from capital gains tax (‘CGT’) when selling a property…
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Conveyancers should be careful when providing SDLT ‘advice’
20th August 2019 | Posted in Articles, Property Tax, Stamp Duty by Forbes Dawson
The issue Each year hundreds of thousands of house buyers are ‘advised’ on the SDLT that they will need to pay…
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