PROPERTY TAXES

I had trouble hearing at times, it was so noisy in the Chamber during the Chancellors speech, but I think I picked up the key messages. They were, to have breathing space now, fresh hope for the future and to drive good growth in every tax...

The biggest news for the real estate sector was a change to the tax treatment of overseas sovereign investors from January 2029. That was a surprise. If an idea is dismissed, the real estate industry can be forgiven for thinking that it would not be...

Kyle Rainsford (Addleshaw Goddard) examines the Upper Tribunal’s ruling that the UK-Isle of Man treaty permits UK taxation of an offshore developer’s property profits, despite the lack of a UK permanent establishment.

Liz Ritchie (Forvis Mazars) considers how taxpayers are responding to the changes to Business Property Relief.

John Shallcross (Blake Morgan) examines the counter-intuitive result in a mixed property SDLT decision.

This year has been a roller-coaster, writes Stuart Maggs (Howes Percival).

Given the kite flying since August, you could expect the real estate industry to take a collective sigh of relief today. Many of the more radical ideas did not come to pass, such as removing the exemption from CGT on selling a main home of a higher...

After much fevered speculation many of the most concerning Budget measures, such as an exit tax or the alignment of CGT and income tax rates, did not transpire. However, a form of mansion tax is to be introduced, (sort of) via the current council tax...