It’s a question we hear surprisingly often: “If the company has no assets and isn’t doing anything, can we just stop filing and let Companies House strike it off?” While this might seem like an easy...

Free Company Return Tax Filing Has Ended

Free Company Tax Filing Has Ended

Apr 27, 2026
| Company News

Free Company Tax Filing Has Ended – What Directors Need to Know The free company tax filing service run by Companies House and HMRC closed on 31 March 2026, with effect from 1 April 2026. Compan...

Can’t Pay Your Tax Bill in Full?

Dec 18, 2025
| News and Updates

There’s a Practical Option Many Landlords Miss January tax bills often catch landlords off guard. Between higher mortgage costs, void periods, and rising expenses, it’s not unusual to find yourself sh...

November 2026 Budget and what it means for landlords

Nov 26, 2025
| News

November 2026 Budget and what it means for landlords In short, landlords have once again had further tax increases levied on them. Here are the 2 main tax increases:- If you own your rental property i...

2024 Autumn Budget Summary for Landlords

Oct 31, 2024
| News

On 30th October 2024, Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered the first budget under the new Labour Government, bringing in several new measures that will directly affect landlords. The biggest of these wa...

Budget Update for Landlords

Oct 31, 2024
| News

The Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered her first budget of the new Labour Government with a number of measures that directly affects landlords. Whilst we await the full Budget Report there were a numb...

Property118 Tax Avoidance Scheme Subject To HMRC Stop Notice

Aug 6, 2024
| News

Sadly, but nonetheless unsurprisingly, HMRC has issued a stop notice to Property 118 in connection with their use of a Capital Account Restructure. The full details can be found here. Dan Needle of Ta...

What You Need To Know About The Abolition of Furnished Holiday Lettings

Jul 30, 2024
| News

Chancellor Reeves to abolish furnished holiday lettings relief by April 2025. Find out more about how these changes could impact you and plan accordingly.

Meet Arnie: The AI Chatbot Revolutionizing Property Tax Assistance for Landlords

Jun 21, 2024
| Company News

Keeping up with tax obligations and financial regulations is no easy task in the fast-moving world of property management. This is why we have launched “Arnie”, an industry-leading AI chatbot to help ...

Furnished Holiday Lettings – What You Need To Know Next

Apr 24, 2024
| News

The 2024 Spring Budget included the announcement that furnished holiday let (FHL) status will be abolished from April 2025. So what are the implications for FHL business owners who decide to continue ...

Navigating the Continued 2.25% Director’s Loan Rate into 2024/25

Apr 17, 2024
| News

To the surprise of many HMRC has kept the official rate of interest (ORI) for beneficial loan arrangements like director’s loans at 2.25% for the second year running. In a recent press release, HMRC h...

2024 Spring Budget Summary for Landlords

Mar 13, 2024
| News

The 2024 Spring Budget on 6th March held some major changes that will affect all landlords in general and owners of Furnished Holiday Lets in particular. We outline these changes below from the inform...

Changes to UK Company Law: What You Need To Know

Feb 19, 2024
| Company News

Due to The Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act, Companies House is currently undergoing a major transformation. Some of the changes are planned to be introduced from March 2024, while others...

Do Camping Pods qualify as “buildings” for capital allowances?

Dec 15, 2023
| News

The recent case involving Acorn Venture Ltd (AV) and the First-tier Tribunal (FTT) illustrates the importance of considering the specific characteristics and functions of assets when determining their...

31 January 2024 deadline for Hybrid LLP’s – Tax Avoidance Spotlight 63

Dec 12, 2023
| News

There is likely to be a good number of taxpayers who have received letters regarding their involvement in Hybrid LLPs, are not sure what to do next and in particular in light of the 31 January 2024 de...

New Guidance For Renting Out Homes in Wales

Mar 23, 2023
| News

The latest update in our series of articles covering some of the latest news in the world of UK renting is a roundup of some of the important takeaways from the NRLA’s updates for Wales. On Converted ...

Spring Budget 2023 Update For Landlords

Mar 22, 2023
| News

As expected, there were no changes to headline tax rates or allowances in the Spring Budget by the Chancellor. The Chancellor has remained committed to his policy of boosting tax revenues through fisc...

Thinking of incorporating a Partnership to save Stamp Duty on buy to let property? Don’t do it

Dec 9, 2021
| Company News

Do you have an existing property portfolio that you want to put into a Limited Company? Have you been told by many different notorious websites that you could create a Partnership and then incorporate...

Tax benefits of electric cars for landlords

Dec 2, 2021
| 2 or more Property Landlords

Specialist tax accountant, Simon Thandi looks at the impact of the recent tax changes when property businesses acquire electric vehicles. In particular the impact on property investors that hold their...

Family Investment Company, Inheritance tax and freezing value

Oct 6, 2021
| Company News

Family Investment Company (FIC) Reducing inheritance tax on residential property is a major concern for landlords. By using a family investment company structure you may be able to mitigate the IHT li...

Ask Simon: your property tax questions answered

Oct 21, 2020
| 2 or more Property Landlords

Our landlord clients often ask challenging and interesting questions. Simon Thandi, director and co-founder of UK Landlord Tax has the answers.

Re-introducing UK Landlord Tax: accountancy for landlords

Oct 9, 2020
| Company News

UK Landlord Tax has always been a firm that likes to share its knowledge but this year, we’re kicking it up a notch. Alongside the launch of our new website, we’ve taken some time to reflect on how we...

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