PUBLICATION DATE: JUNE 2025
PAGES: 283
EDITION: 18th
ISBN: 9781917392051
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Using a Property Company to Save Tax 2025/26

By Carl Bayley BSc FCA

This unique guide tells you EVERYTHING you need to know about using a company to invest in property.

It is essential reading for:

• Anyone who already has a property company
• Those thinking about using a company
• Landlords and those renovating or developing property
• Accountants, solicitors and professional advisors

The latest edition has just been published (June 2025) and is completely up to date. There have been a huge number of tax changes since the last edition was published, some under Labour some under the Conservatives, and these are all covered in the latest release of this popular guide.

These include changes to capital gains tax, stamp duty land tax, employers national insurance and inheritance tax.

The guide contains a wealth of tax planning information for existing company owners. It covers ALL the expenses property companies can claim, how to save tax when you extract money from your company and all the tax reliefs that can be claimed when properties are sold.

For those thinking about setting up a property company, the guide looks at all the tax benefits, pitfalls, and practical issues, including how to get existing properties into a company.

What Information is Contained in the Guide?

Like all Taxcafe guides, Using a Property Company to Save Tax is written in plain English and contains numerous examples and tax planning tips. Subjects covered include:

• All tax changes announced in the October 2024 Budget, the March 2025 Spring Statement and earlier Budgets.
• A plain English guide to how companies and their owners are taxed.
• ALL the expenses your property company can claim: everything from electric cars, salaries to family members, training and research… to spending on the properties themselves.
• A whole chapter dedicated to maximising tax relief on mortgages and other borrowings.
• Expanded guidance on how to extract profits tax efficiently following recent changes to national insurance.
• The benefit of using a property company to secure state pension entitlement.
• How your company is taxed when it sells properties…and all the reliefs that can be claimed.
• How to pay less capital gains tax when you wind up your company or transfer shares to family members.
• How to benefit from business asset disposal relief before it's reduced further and save up to £100,000 CGT.
• A whole chapter on stamp duty land tax planning.
• Tax saving strategies now that multiple dwellings relief has been abolished (in one example a company saves £160,000).
• The abolition of the furnished holiday letting regime: what it means and the tax saving opportunities still available.
• ALL the tax benefits and drawbacks of using a company versus personal ownership.
• Why a company is ideal for those using property as their pension.
• How retaining profits in your company can leave you with 75% to 80% more after-tax profit to reinvest.
• How to transfer existing properties into a company without paying CGT or stamp duty.

Click here to read the full contents listing and first chapter of the book

About the Author

Carl began his career as a chartered accountant over 40 years ago and is now one of the country's most respected tax experts. He was Chairman of the Tax Faculty at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) from 2015 to 2018 and served as a member of the institute's governing council from 2003 to 2023. He has written over 20 plain-English tax planning guides and has contributed to newspapers including The Times and The Telegraph, as well as TV and radio programmes such as BBC Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show.

Carl enjoys his role as a tax author: "The most satisfying part is the chance to give everybody a high standard of information at a very affordable price". As he often says: "My job is to translate tax into English".

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