Stamp Duty Schemes
The Times investigates the loophole which has allowed offshore companies to buy some of Britain’s most expensive homes. It reports that ploys aimed at dodging
Cable Accuses Conservative Over Mansion Tax
Vince Cable has accused the Government of walking away from a mansion tax on homes worth over £2m to avoid upsetting the party’s rich donors.
Generation Rent
The Institute for Public Policy Research has said that Britain’s housing crisis will force millions more people to rent or live at home. The IPPR
Buy-to-let tax break
Under new proposals buy-to-let homes bought in company names may be taxed more leniently than other premises. It is thought that the measure brought in
Transparency, Tax and Returns
Big business is facing criticism over questionable tax practices. David Whiscombe, BKL tax partner and UK200Group Tax Panel member, asks whether it’s time to publish
Property Hit by Tax Dodgers
‘Ross Clark comments in the Thunderer column that tax dodgers are choking London’s property market. He notes that in Switzerland the number of foreign nationals
