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.
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.
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.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
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.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
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.
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
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…
Buy-to-let Property News, Tax
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…
