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.
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.
Estate agents in some of the UK’s most popular tourist destinations are reporting a sharp decline in demand for second homes, driven by recent council…
The UK government has opened a consultation regarding plans to exclude landlords from paying council tax premiums on unoccupied properties whilst preparing them for tenancy…
As a general rule, houses in multiple occupation should always be treated for council tax purposes as a single property, the Government has proposed. In…
Last week it was announced that North Devon’s second homeowners could pay double the amount of council tax after one year of it no longer…
The gradual introduction of Universal Credit from 2013 has brought many issues for both landlords and tenants, not least Council Tax liability. Landlords, social as…
The Chancellor announced in the Autumn Budget that Councils would be allowed to charge the landlord of an empty property 100 per cent of the…
