Publisher's Synopsis
Almost 300 pages of tax planning information for landlords and property investors - Revised January 2024
How to Save Property Tax is widely regarded as the tax bible for property investors.
Written in plain English with numerous easy to follow examples and tax saving ideas, this book tells you absolutely everything you need to know about paying less income tax, capital gains tax and stamp duty land tax on your property investments.
It's essential reading for:
- Landlords and property investors
- Second home owners
- Anyone selling property and wanting to pay less capital gains tax
- Those renovating or developing property
- Accountants, solicitors and professional advisers
The author, Carl Bayley FCA, has been a tax advisor for over 40 years and is a former chairman of the tax faculty at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).
The guide has just been revised (January 2024) and is completely up to date with all the latest tax changes announced in the November 2023 Autumn Statement and previous Budgets.
Subjects covered include:
- All the expenses you can claim against your rental income
- How to maximise the tax relief on your mortgage interest payments
- How to claim a big home office tax deduction
- Motoring expenses landlords can claim
- How to claim repairs spending that a layperson would regard as improvements
- How to amend previous tax returns if you've forgotten to claim expenses
- A plain English guide to how capital gains tax (CGT) is calculated
- Numerous tried and tested capital gains tax planning techniques
- How transfers between spouses can save significant amounts of CGT
- How to use main residence elections to reduce CGT on second homes
- How to use your children to save thousands in capital gains tax
- All the stamp duty issues facing property investors
- The tax treatment of property development
- Tax planning for owners of furnished holiday lets
All in all, this guide tells you pretty much everything you need to know about tax if you are a landlord or own any other type of property business.
