Tuesday, 28 February 2017

Landlords Look To Commercial Loans To Sidestep Buy-To-Let Changes

The proportion of landlords intending to take out commercial loans to fund their property purchases has doubled over the last 18 months as they look for ways to avoid the impact of changes to landlord taxation. The research from the National Landlords Association (NLA) shows that landlords who said they planned to use commercial loans has risen from 10 per cent in July 2015 to 19 per cent at the end of last year. The changes to taxation will take place from April this year and, once fully phased in by 2021, will prevent landlords with buy-to-let mortgages from deducting their interest payments or any other finance-related costs from their turnover before declaring their taxable income. Read more on the NLA website.

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