Landlords Tax – Letting Focus

Why My Website Is Simple, Why I don’t Advise On Tax And Why I Am Pleased to Have It That Way

November 16, 2023 David Lawrenson Leave a comment

A long time ago I decided that, whilst my buy to let book was very successful and was often in the top one thousand books by rank of sales on Amazon (no mean feat when there are about 5 million books you could buy on Amazon) and whilst I did have a strong presence as a speaker at property shows […]

Landlords to Challenge Clause 24 Tax Change

January 29, 2016 David Lawrenson Leave a comment

Landlords are bringing a legal action against one of George Osborne’s new taxes, says David Lawrenson of www.LettingFocus.com Landlords to Challenge Clause 24 Tax Change Clause 24 is the tax grab within the Finance Act 2015. It is being challenged by two landlords who are seeking a judicial review in the courts and have engaged the services of law firm, […]

Tax Changes to Buy to Let In the Budget & Work Arounds

August 7, 2015 David Lawrenson 11 comments

Ever since the budget landlords have been trying to figure out a work arounds the changes which will limit the amount of tax relief they can claim on mortgage costs. Tax Changes to Buy to Let In the Budget & Work Arounds The Chancellor has restricted this to the basic rate of income tax, which is 20pc currently. This restriction will be phased […]