Government’s online tax tutorial for new landlords

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The Government has produced a new tax tutorial for landlords. HMRC has produced the e-learning package for anyone starting to become a landlord – or overseas landlords if they are leaving the UK for more than six months.
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Call of the week – the new section 21 form

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The RLA’s Landlord Advice Team is on hand to offer free unlimited advice to members. Each week, we are featuring a call from one of our members outlining their problems and how the team helped them. The new Section 21 form is continuing to cause problems for landlords. As more and more tenancies from October […]
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Action needed to protect tenants

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The Residential Landlords Association (RLA) says not enough is being done to tackle rogue landlords and that radical action is needed to protect tenants from the grip of criminal landlords. The RLA’s call follows a Freedom of Information (FoI) request showing that the data points to worryingly low levels of enforcement of rented housing regulations […]

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Landlords must take safety obligations seriously

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After a spate of fines for landlords who have broken gas safety rules, the Association of Independent Inventory Clerks (AIIC) is urging those renting out properties to ensure they are complying with Government legislation.
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Landlords protected from Immigration Bill

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Parliament has approved measures to give greater protection to responsible landlords when they need to evict illegal immigrants. Changes have been made to the Immigration Bill, proposed by the Government and now approved, will provide protection for landlords who take reasonable steps in an appropriate time frame to terminate tenancies of tenants who are in […]

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Landlords will need Digital Tax Accounts

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The government has recently announced big plans to transform the tax system for landlords and self-employed individuals. The changes will introduce “digital tax accounts,” with the aim of making it easier and quicker for landlords to keep on top of their tax affairs. The digital tax accounts will effectively mean the end of the annual […]

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The Advantages of Short-Term Letting

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Many landlords prefer the convenience of securing a long-term tenant. Once the tenant is in the property and everyone is happy, that’s it, you don’t need to worry until the day they announce they are moving out. But whilst this is a business model that works well for a lot of landlords, don’t dismiss the […]

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Rent-to-Rent scammer facing prison

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A man from Luton has been told by a judge to prepare himself for a prison sentence after pleading guilty to property rental frauds. Yet another rent-to-rent scammer, Mr Moses Ogoe, 24, has admitted six charges when he appeared before Luton Crown Court recently. Rent-to-rent is where a tenant rents a property from a landlord […]

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All jobcentres in Scotland now offering Universal Credit

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The last 5 offices in Scotland have switched over to offering the new UC service as the roll-out of UC continues across the UK. Last week Arbroath, Blairgowrie, Forfar, Montrose and Perth joined the rest of Scotland’s jobcentres in offering Universal Credit to single jobseekers. According to a Government press release nearly 25,000 Scots are […]

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What keeps first-time buyers off the property ladder?

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New survey conducted by Tiles Direct reveals the greatest barriers preventing young Brits from saving for a deposit and getting themselves onto that all-important property ladder and buying their first home. Constantly rising property and rent prices have proved the ultimate obstacle for Generation Y, followed by the ever-increasing cost of living. They have come […]

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