ARLA Calls For UK Landlord Tax Breaks
ARLA Calls For More Investment In UK Buy-To-Let Property Rental Market
ARLA have called on the UK coalition Government to support the observed growth in the UK Buy-To-Let sector and remove many of the prohibitive barriers to further investment.
ARLA’s Budget submission calls for landlords to be treated as running businesses for Capital Gains Tax purposes, for the introduction of roll-over relief for landlords looking to reinvest, and for UK Stamp Duty to be made fairer.
UK landlords currently have to shop around for a wide range of landlord services in order to help them save money and operate as a business. The emergence of Tenant Referencing and Tenant Eviction services and the development of specialist Landlord Insurance products have ensured that there is still money to be made, by UK landlords, from the UK PRS rental market.
ARLA’s Operations Manager Ian Potter, said: “Buy To Let landlords must be treated as the entrepreneurial businesses they have now become. Supporting growth and encouraging greater investment into the private rented sector will help boost our economy and is an open goal for the Chancellor. Demand for private rented housing continues to grow, with 3.4 Million tenants living in the private rented sector – an increase of over 1 Million tenants since 2005. The tax system can be used by the Government to incentivise investment in housing stock in the PRS, and therefore improve the conditions in which those 3.4 Million tenants live. Some landlords face tax bills of up to 28% when selling a property, preventing them from reinvesting in the market.”
