
More bad news for property investors
In his Autumn Statement the Chancellor delivered two further blows to buy-to-let investors. What is he attacking now? In the Summer Budget 2015 the Chancellor attacked buy-to-let investors by announcing that over a period of four years starting on 6 April 2017 tax relief at higher rates will be phased out for interest on loans used to purchase buy-to-let residential properties. And in his Autumn Statement he announced two further measures that will adversely affect buy-to-let

New marriage allowance - telephone claims now accepted
Following reports that almost 4 million households could be missing out on the new tax break for married couples, HMRC has extended the ways to claim it. What are your options? The marriage allowance was introduced in April 2015 and allows a spouse (or civil partner) to transfer 10% of their personal allowance (£10,600 in 2015/16) to their partner providing they earn less than the personal allowance and their partner does not pay higher rate tax (which starts on incomes above