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Property tax sorted, your way. Whether you need to get ready for Making Tax Digital, run a buy-to-let limited company, or get specialist advice on Section 24, CGT, and incorporation.

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Property Tax Partners is a firm of specialist property accountants working with landlords, buy-to-let investors, and property developers across the UK. We work only with property, so Section 24, the Non-Resident Landlord Scheme, capital gains on disposals, ATED, and the personal-versus-limited-company decision are core competence rather than an occasional sideline.

Whether you hold one rental flat or a portfolio of thirty, a property tax accountant turns the rules into a plan: modelling your Section 24 finance-cost restriction, getting you compliant with Making Tax Digital for Income Tax (live since 6 April 2026), running the incorporation arithmetic before you commit, and filing your capital gains within the 60-day HMRC window. Fixed fees, 24-hour response, no hard sell.

What a property accountant does for landlords

Property-only focus means we understand Section 24, MTD, incorporation, and CGT inside out.

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Section 24 Planning

Calculate your tax hit and explore mitigation strategies

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MTD Compliance

Quarterly digital reporting from April 2026

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Incorporation Analysis

Full feasibility modelling: CGT, SDLT, break-even

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Portfolio Reporting

Property-by-property profitability tracking

The tax areas a property accountant handles

From the everyday return to the once-in-a-portfolio decision, here is the full scope we cover for UK landlords and investors.

Section 24 finance-cost relief

Mortgage interest has not been a deductible expense since 6 April 2020. We model the 20% basic-rate credit and the higher-rate wedge so you see your true taxable profit, not just your cash profit.

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax

Quarterly digital filing has been live since 6 April 2026 for landlords over £50,000, dropping to £30,000 in 2027 and £20,000 in 2028. We handle software, category mapping, and the quarterly submissions.

Capital gains tax on disposals

Residential gains are taxed at 18% and 24% and must be reported and paid within 60 days of completion. We prepare the computation, apply any reliefs, and file inside the window.

Stamp Duty Land Tax

The 5% additional-dwellings surcharge (since 31 October 2024) and the 17% enveloped-dwelling rate change the maths on every purchase and transfer. We cost it before you commit.

Incorporation and limited companies

We run the corporation tax saving against the SDLT and CGT cost of transferring properties in, then handle company accounts, CT600s, and tax-efficient profit extraction.

Inheritance tax and succession

Property is illiquid and routinely pushes an estate over the nil-rate band. We plan lifetime gifting, trusts, and share transfers alongside your ownership structure, not in isolation.

VAT on commercial and mixed-use

Commercial lettings, the option to tax, and conversions carry VAT treatment that residential lets do not. We get the registration, recovery, and option-to-tax decisions right.

Non-Resident Landlord Scheme

Overseas landlords can receive rents gross under the NRLS instead of suffering 20% withholding. We register you (NRL1 or NRL2) and keep the UK filing in order.

ATED on company-held property

Residential property over £500,000 held in a company needs an annual ATED return, with relief for genuine lettings filed by 30 April. We file the relief return on time so no charge arises.

Let Property Campaign disclosures

If rental income has gone unreported, the HMRC Let Property Campaign is the route to regularise it on the best available terms. We manage the disclosure from first contact to settlement.

Capital allowances

Fixtures and integral features in qualifying property carry allowances that are easy to miss. We separate revenue repairs from capital improvements and claim what is genuinely due.

Self Assessment and rental schedules

SA105 property pages, every allowable expense captured, and a return that stands up to an HMRC enquiry. The annual baseline we get right for every landlord client.

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From free calculators to full-service accounting. Start with DIY tools, upgrade when you need expert help.

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Use our calculators and guides to handle your property tax yourself.

  • ✓Section 24 tax calculator
  • ✓Incorporation cost calculator
  • ✓MTD compliance checker
  • ✓Portfolio profitability calculator
  • ✓Property tax guides and articles
  • ✓Self-service tools
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You keep records, we review and file everything. Best of both worlds.

  • ✓Everything in DIY, plus:
  • ✓Annual Self Assessment review
  • ✓Tax return preparation and filing
  • ✓Expense optimisation review
  • ✓MTD quarterly submissions
  • ✓Email support (48hr response)
  • ✓Annual tax planning call
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We handle everything. You focus on your properties, we handle the tax.

  • ✓Everything in Assisted, plus:
  • ✓Full bookkeeping service
  • ✓Receipt capture and storage
  • ✓Monthly profitability reports
  • ✓Property-by-property tracking
  • ✓Priority support (24hr response)
  • ✓Quarterly tax planning calls
  • ✓Incorporation feasibility analysis
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Landlords at every scale

From individual landlords to large portfolio owners. We understand property accounting.

Individual Landlords

1-3 properties

  • ✓Self Assessment with rental schedules
  • ✓Section 24 tax planning
  • ✓MTD compliance support
  • ✓Incorporation feasibility

Portfolio Owners

4-10 properties

  • ✓Management accounts
  • ✓Property-by-property reporting
  • ✓Limited company accounts
  • ✓Acquisition support

Large Portfolios

10+ properties

  • ✓Group accounting
  • ✓Corporation tax planning
  • ✓Disposal planning (CGT)
  • ✓Portfolio restructuring

Property accountants across the UK

Tax law is national, so we act for landlords anywhere in the UK. We also publish city-specific guidance for the markets where we work most.

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Why landlords choose a specialist

A generalist accountant can file your return. A specialist property accountant makes sure the structure, the reliefs, and the deadlines are right before you ever get there.

Our team are qualified accountants who work only with property, and we keep current with every change that affects landlords.

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Property is all we do

We work only with landlords, investors, and developers, so the property rules are core competence rather than an occasional sideline.

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Specialist depth where generalists slip

Section 24, the 60-day CGT window, and incorporation modelled correctly, not treated as an afterthought.

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Fixed fees, no surprises

Quoted up front, and for most landlords recovered several times over through reliefs claimed and penalties avoided.

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Up to date with every change

The Finance Act 2026 measures, the 2027 income tax rate change, and the falling MTD thresholds are built into your plan.

What landlords say

Anonymised feedback from landlords and investors we have worked with.

They modelled our Section 24 position properly for the first time and showed us exactly where incorporation did and did not make sense. No hard sell, just the numbers.
Higher-rate landlord, 7-property portfolio, London
We were weeks from missing the 60-day capital gains deadline on a sale. They turned the computation around and filed on time. Worth the fee on that alone.
Buy-to-let investor, Manchester
Getting ready for Making Tax Digital felt overwhelming. They set up the software, mapped every property, and now the quarterly filing just happens.
Individual landlord, 2 properties, Leeds

Latest property tax insights

Practical guidance on Section 24, MTD, incorporation, and portfolio management

Capital Gains Tax

Business Asset Disposal Relief and Residential Property: The Qualification Rules (and Why Buy-to-Let Fails)

Business Asset Disposal Relief (BADR) exists to reward owners of trading businesses with a lower CGT rate on qualifying disposals. Most residential property owners do not qualify. The rate is now 18% from 6 April 2026 (Finance Act 2025 s.8), up from 14% the year before and 10% historically. The advantage over the standard 24% residential CGT rate has narrowed to 6 percentage points. This page sets out the statutory trading test under TCGA 1992 ss.169H, 169I and 169S, why buy-to-let investment property fails that test, what the FHL abolition from April 2025 changed, where the serviced-accommodation edge case sits post-abolition, how a genuine property trading company can qualify, and how the £1 million lifetime limit works across multiple disposals.

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Portfolio Management

Buying Commercial Property Through a SIPP or SSAS: The Complete Tax Guide

A SIPP or SSAS can purchase commercial property with significant tax advantages: rental income accumulates free of income tax, gains are exempt from CGT, and contributions attract full pension tax relief. Residential property is a different matter entirely. The taxable property rules in FA 2004 Schedule 29A impose an effective penalty of up to 55-70% on any residential asset acquired by an investment-regulated pension scheme. Understanding precisely where that line falls is the central discipline of SIPP property investment.

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Capital Gains Tax

CGT on Inherited Property UK: Probate Base Cost, PR Rate and 60-Day Clock

When you inherit a UK property, the capital gains tax rules are nothing like buying at market value. Under TCGA 1992 s.62, the gain that built up during the deceased's lifetime simply disappears for CGT purposes. Your base cost resets to the market value at the date of death, the probate value. This guide explains how that works in practice, when the personal representative pays CGT instead of you, how private residence relief interacts with inherited property, and when a 60-day return is required.

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