Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
NRLA calls for CGT on real landlord gains before Budget
NRLA calls for CGT on real landlord gains before next month’s Budget, arguing that four-fifths of landlord CGT paid since 2015 reflects inflation.
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Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
HMRC: capital gains tax liabilities hit £24.2bn record
HMRC says capital gains tax liabilities hit a record £24.2 billion in 2024-25 after taxable gains rose to £127.3 billion, sharpening the tax backdrop for landlords weighing disposals and other asset sales.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
HMRC to sign up overdue landlords to MTD from September
HMRC will begin signing up landlords and sole traders to Making Tax Digital from September if they should already be in the system, putting fresh pressure on missed registrations after the first quarterly deadline.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
HMRC says most mansion tax bands will not need home visits
HMRC says most High Value Council Tax Surcharge decisions will be made without home visits, clarifying how the new mansion tax regime is expected to work before its April 2028 start.
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HMRC: stamp tax receipts rise 8% despite cooler market
HMRC says stamp tax receipts rose 8 percent in the first four months of 2026-27, suggesting property tax drag is still strong even as the housing market cools.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
HMRC says 436,000 met first landlord MTD deadline
HMRC says 436,000 taxpayers met the first Making Tax Digital filing deadline on time, leaving more than 400,000 landlords and sole traders behind.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
ACCA warns 400,000 landlords risk missing first MTD deadline
ACCA says around 400,000 landlords and sole traders still risk missing the first 7 August Making Tax Digital filing deadline, despite HMRC’s 12-month soft-landing on penalties.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
HMRC draft rule raises penalty risk for landlord tax errors
HMRC has proposed a new Customer Correction Notice power that could treat uncorrected landlord tax mistakes as deliberate, with draft Finance Bill 2026-27 rules raising the penalty risk once an error is spotted and not fixed.
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Fairer Share petition tops 100,000 as landlord SDLT row heads for Commons
The Fairer Share tax petition has passed 100,000 signatures, pushing the landlord SDLT surcharge and wider property tax debate toward a possible Commons hearing after ministers defended the current rules.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
HMRC sets 7 August deadline for first landlord MTD updates
HMRC says landlords in Making Tax Digital for Income Tax must file their first quarterly updates by 7 August, making the opening 2026-27 filing window the first live compliance test for affected property income taxpayers.
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Landlord Studio says 22% weigh exit over MTD costs
Landlord Studio says 22 percent of landlords have considered leaving the sector because of Making Tax Digital, with fresh research pointing to rising compliance costs ahead of the 2027 threshold change.
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MPs tell ministers to consult on stamp duty reform by year end
MPs have told ministers to launch a consultation on alternatives to stamp duty by the end of 2026, arguing that the tax is slowing transactions, hurting affordability and discouraging investment in empty homes.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
HMRC says CGT receipts jumped 77% as landlord exit costs bite
HMRC says Capital Gains Tax receipts reached just under £24.3 billion in 2025-26, up 77 percent on the previous year, as lower allowances and higher rates took a bigger share from property sellers and landlords leaving the sector.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
HMRC confirms holiday-let tax reliefs have gone
HMRC has renewed its warning that the Furnished Holiday Lettings tax regime has ended, confirming before the summer filing cycle that landlords can no longer rely on the old reliefs.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
NEF renews call to charge NI on rental income
The New Economics Foundation has renewed calls to bring rental income within National Insurance, reviving a tax proposal that would raise costs for landlords if ministers took it forward.
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Centre for London says tax overhaul could free 79,000 homes
Centre for London says replacing stamp duty and council tax with a proportional property tax could free up 79,000 extra homes a year and raise £912 million for social housebuilding.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
Stamp duty take slips 6% as HMRC April receipts soften
Stamp duty tax receipts slipped in the opening month of the new financial year, giving landlords another sign that higher transaction costs are still weighing…
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Mansion tax consultation opens for £2m-plus England homes
The government has opened an eight-week consultation on the design of its High Value Council Tax Surcharge, a new charge for residential properties in England…
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Rent caps could cut rents £1,200 if tax relief returns
Private renters could pay about £1,200 less a year by 2030 if ministers combined rent caps with landlord tax reform, according to new analysis from…
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Landlords drive most Stamp Duty receipts in 164 councils
Landlords and second-home buyers now account for most Stamp Duty receipts in more than half of English councils, according to new Paragon Bank analysis of…
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HMRC steps up checks on property values in IHT cases
Referrals to the Valuation Office Agency rose 23.5 percent in a year, pointing to tougher HMRC scrutiny of residential property values in inheritance tax returns.
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Landlords spared SDLT trap as government promises assured tenancy fix
The government has promised to change stamp duty rules so landlords and tenants are not caught by an unintended tax charge when assured shorthold tenancies…
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
Inheritance tax receipts hit £8.5bn as property estates stay in HMRC net
Inheritance tax receipts reached a record £8.5 billion in the 2025-26 tax year, giving landlords another reminder that property wealth is staying firmly in HMRC’s…
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Making Tax Digital goes live as HMRC modernises landlord reporting
The biggest overhaul of the UK tax system in a generation came into force yesterday, Monday 6 April 2026, requiring landlords with qualifying income to…
