PROTECT YOUR RENTAL INCOME WITH A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY - HAS Property Management

PROTECT YOUR RENTAL INCOME WITH A PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY

What is it?
Clause 24 of Finance Act 2015 will stop private landlords from using 100% of their mortgage interest to offset against their tax bill. It will begin to take effect from April 2017 through a staged process with the full effect coming into place by 2020.

How will it affect you?
As an example; if you have a Rent Roll of £125,000 and Mortgage Costs of £50,000 your effective rate of tax will be 52%. That is a tax increase of 173%. In more general terms this means:

  • A possible tax bill even if a private property business makes a loss
  • A tax on revenue NOT profit
  • A possible tax bill equal to 100% of profit
  • An unplanned move from the Basic Rate to Higher Rate Tax Band
  • A sustainable business becoming an unsustainable business.

What should you do?
The “informed” view is that you should transfer to a Limited Company because you will can to continue to offset mortgage interest and suffer only 20% Corporation Tax. There are significant problems with a Limited Company:

  • The transfer will be treated as a disposal for Capital Gains Tax. You will pay 18% or 28% of the gain you have made. The gain will be calculated at Market Value. On a gain on a property of £100,000 at 28% you will pay £28,000.
  • You will pay Stamp Duty Land Tax on the transfer. On an average value of £600,625 for a property based in London this will result in a cost cost of £38,050 per property.
  • You will pay Annual Tax of Enveloped Dwellings (ATED). Recent rules demand that property companies pay £3,500 per annum ATED on a property valued at £500,000 and over.
  • You will not qualify for Business Property Relief for Inheritance Tax. Gifts of assets held in a property company will be subject to Inheritance Tax of 40%. A property with equity of £100,000 will cost £40,000 in IHT to pass on.

Can this really be your only option?
No, you can restructure your property portfolio using a Property Management Company Trust.

The Trust is a structure used by our property investors and owners who wish to protect the income potential of a portfolio of assets.

Using a strategy proven and implemented successfully for over 20 years the assets can be moved – under statutory protection – into a protected trust environment. It has the following features:

  • Assets transferred using statutory reliefs.
  • Involves no “tax avoidance”.
  • Profits generated from protected assets are tax exempt.
  • Does not require a DOTAS reference.

Key features:

  • Initial transfer is free of Capital Gain Tax under statutory reliefs (Section 162 of the Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992).
  • No Stamp Duty Land Tax is applicable as there is no transfer of title.
  • Lenders retain 1st Charge on the property.
  • The portfolio is managed by your property management company (a UK fiduciary company) with full investment powers.
  • Net profits from rent roll pass to the UK fiduciary.

Protect Your Rental Income