“Buy-to-let” business: Is it personal?

“Buy-to-let” business: Is it personal?

When it comes to setting up a “buy-to-let” residential property business, we are often asked what the best ownership structure is. The commercial activity is widespread and the taxation features involved are not straightforward, so it is hardly surprising. The...
Falling assets? A tax opportunity.

Falling assets? A tax opportunity.

The immediate challenge facing the world (we don’t need to mention its name) has already had, and may well continue to have, a significantly negative impact upon asset values. We are all are too well aware of this. We hope and believe that this will be a temporary...
The Tax Rules of Providing a Company Mobile Phone

The Tax Rules of Providing a Company Mobile Phone

On the 30th December 2019 HMRC published updated guidance on the subject of company mobile phones provided to employees. Given that this is inevitably a very popular benefit which promises to be free of Income Tax for potentially millions of users, it is highly...
Historical Taxes – The Window Tax

Historical Taxes – The Window Tax

Last week was another in which readers received a Newsletter full of the “t” word, plus copious coverage of all our Political Parties’ fiscal pledges. Tax Tuesday therefore resists a technical offering today. Instead we take you down memory lane with Historical Taxes...