Tread carefully when buying commercial property
Inheritance tax implications of the diversification of activities
Could entrepreneurs’ relief apply to shares in a property-owning business?
Is there an easy way to arrive at a property valuation on death?
The rates for Scotland’s land and buildings transaction tax (LBTT) have been announced.
Details of the tax – the first to be introduced by Scottish parliament in 300 years – were unveiled in Scotland’s draft Budget for 2015/16.
Stamp duty penalties revised
IHT business property relief on AIM shares can be lost easily
Management of farmland can be crucial to agricultural property relief claims
F Swain, H Swain, Clarisa Ltd (TC3896)
Lorna Watson (TC3738)
The government is looking at whether changes should be made to the way property authorised investment funds (PAIFs) and co-ownership authorised contractual schemes (CoACSs) are treated for stamp duty land tax (SDLT) purposes.
HM Treasury has launched a consultation, Stamp Duty Land Tax: Rules for Property Investment Funds, which sets out proposals and how they ought to be implemented, and seeks views on the potential design.
Could a furnished holiday let be treated as a simple residential letting?