In our regular Q&A series, Croner Taxwise tax adviser Marsha Haywood examines the impact of principal private residence relief (PPR) on a sale of a property held in a trust

 The capital gains tax (CGT) paid on the sale of investments and second homes has reached an all-time high of almost £10bn official figures released by HMRC show

The end of the stamp duty land tax (SDLT) holiday on 30 June for the £250,000 to £500,000 price banding caused a substantial rise in the number of transactions completed in June as purchasers tried to complete to avoid paying additional stamp duty

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) is concerned at how the Government is going to successfully develop and introduce the Residential Property Developer Tax (RPDT) for April 2022, considering the small timescale

In our regular Q&A series, Croner Taxwise tax adviser Patrick O’Brien, considers the rules around the additional rate of stamp duty land tax (SDLT) when purchasing secondary residential properties

The billionaire brothers, Christian and Nicholas Candy have lost their stamp duty land tax (SDLT) battle against HMRC at the Upper Tribunal and have been ordered to pay almost £4m tax on their £68m property purchase

With the government’s review of tax administration, the Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) calls to create a tax system that is much simpler for taxpayers to navigate

Thousands of landlords have failed to come clean about the tax they owed to HMRC as 42% fewer property investors voluntarily disclosed unpaid tax to HMRC in the latest tax year

The Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA) has published its annual report and accounts 2020 to 2021, reporting that £242m in tax was raised during the last financial year to directly fund public services across Wales

HMRC has issued guidance on how to claim relief from stamp duty land tax (SDLT) in freeport tax sites once they are approved

The former owner of a West London law firm has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing £380,000 in fraudulent stamp duty tax returns on client property sales

Mark Cawthron LLB CTA examines the tax implications of residential lease extensions and the changes to the tax reporting and payment rules for disposals of UK residential property