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07/05/2025

Incorporating your property business

Running a property business through a limited company has become increasingly popular, not least because the rate of corporation tax paid on profits will generally be lower than the rate of income tax paid by an unincorporated landlord and interest and finance costs are deductible in full. With the end of the favourable tax regime for furnished holiday lettings, landlords with holiday lets may be considering incorporating their business. What are the pros and cons?

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07/05/2025

Reporting 2024/25 benefits and expenses

Employers who provided taxable benefits and expenses to employees in the 2024/25 tax year need to meet compliance obligations in respect of those benefits. The obligations will vary depending on whether the benefits and expenses have been payrolled or not or included in a PAYE Settlement Agreement (PSA).

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07/05/2025

10 benefits of filing your 2024/25 tax return early

As the 2024/25 tax year has now come to an end, individuals who need to file a Self Assessment tax return for that year can now do so. Although the return does not have to be filed online until 31 January 2026, there are benefits of filing early.

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07/05/2025

Extension to MTD for ITSA

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA) is introduced progressively from 6 April 2026. It will require unincorporated traders and landlords whose income is over the trigger threshold to keep digital records and make quarterly returns and a final declaration to HMRC using MTD-compatible software.

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04/04/2025

Looking ahead to MTD for landlords

The way that many landlords will report details of their income and expenses to HMRC is changing from April 2026 onwards. This is when Making Tax Digital for Income Tax Self Assessment (MTD for ITSA) comes into effect. Landlords who fall within the scope of MTD for ITSA will need to keep digital records, use MTD-compatible software and send quarterly updates to HMRC. This will impose new compliance obligations on them and change the way in which they interact with HMRC.

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04/04/2025

ATED returns for 2025/26

The annual tax on enveloped dwellings (ATED) is a tax that is payable mostly by non-natural persons (mostly companies) owning UK  residential property valued at more than £500,000. Unless one of the exemptions applies, the company will need to file an ATED return and pay the associated tax.

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04/04/2025

National Insurance changes from April 2025

Last October Chancellor Rachel Reeves announced some far-reaching National Insurance changes which will affect employers from April 2025. She also confirmed the rates applying to employees and to the self-employed.

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04/04/2025

Pension savings in 2025/26

Putting money into a registered pension scheme can be tax efficient. Individuals can make contributions in their own right, or even for someone else, and employers can make contributions on their employees’ behalf (and indeed must do so under auto-enrolment). Tax relief is available on contributions up to certain limits.

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