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05 July 2024
From: Breaking News
![Would Tories’ Stamp Duty Policy really turn renters into buyers?](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty_400x310.png)
Over the weekend the Conservatives pledged that if elected on July 4 they would permanently scrap stamp duty for first time...
10 June 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty Change from Tomorrow - reminder to agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty-Image--400x310.png)
As a result of an announcement back in March, in the government’s final Budget, a major change to stamp duty comes into...
31 May 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax Alert - Agents can urge landlord clients to take part in pilot scheme](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
HMRC has launched a pilot for the proposed Making Tax Digital service for quarterly reporting - and agents can sign up...
26 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Big HMRC fines for agents prompt Anti-Money Laundering guidance](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML%20_400x310.png)
Recent substantial fines issued by HMRC are a harsh reminder to agents to ensure that their Anti-Money Laundering policies are up...
23 April 2024
From: Breaking News
![Agent demands end of bizarre rule making tenants pay stamp duty](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/StampDuty1_400x310.png)
A prominent lettings agent is calling for an end to what he calls the “archaic” system under which some tenants end...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![PropTech: enhanced referencing service launched](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/Software-400x310.png)
PropTech platform Goodlord has launched a new referencing service for letting agents, offering what it calls ”a carefully curated balance of...
22 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Phil Spencer asks: Should Agents Manage Short Let Properties?](/upload/images/Phil%20Spencer%20NEW%20image(2).png)
It’s not easy for anyone - even professionals like lettings and estate agents - to keep up with the blizzard of...
19 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Banks Closing Pooled Client Accounts - agents urge government action](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
Propertymark is urging the government to tackle the problem of banks closing down undesignated or pooled client accounts of letting agents. HM...
13 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![Airbnb sharing short lets data with another government department](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/shutterstock_2198282283.jpg)
Airbnb - which recently announced it’s sharing some information about its landlord hosts with HMRC - is now sharing data with...
12 March 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMRC reminds agents to update email and instant messaging contacts](/upload/images/shutterstock_662220520.jpg)
Email and instant messaging contact details must be kept up to date for HMRC to contact agents about Anti-Money Laundering supervision. Propertymark...
28 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![HMRC rakes in hundreds of millions more in property-related tax](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
HM Treasury raked in £6.3 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the 10 months from April 2023 to January 2024 according...
23 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Stamp Duty slump is a pre-Budget blow for Chancellor](/upload/images/shutterstock_2199764593.jpg)
Stamp duty receipts dipped four per cent to £2.4 billion in Q3 of last year - no less than 25 per...
01 February 2024
From: Breaking News
![Huge rise in property tax for HMRC ahead of possible Budget change](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/TaxMan-400x310.png)
Figures released by HMRC show that the Treasury raked in £5.7 billion in inheritance tax receipts in the nine months from...
24 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Short lets tax change this week just the first of many in 2024](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
Airbnb and other short let platforms are from this week required to send data on their clients’ earnings to HMRC. And a...
03 January 2024
From: Breaking News
![Tax Grab - Big rise in Inheritance Tax paid to HMRC](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The latest figures from HM Revenue and Customs show that inheritance tax receipts increased to £5.2 billion in the eight months...
28 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Recent rise in buy to let landlords quitting, confirms Bank of England](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_BankofEngland-1-400x310.png)
A new Bank of England survey has confirmed a growing outflow of landlords from the private rental sector since 2020. The Bank’s...
22 December 2023
From: Breaking News
![Client money accounting made easy with PayProp](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/PayProp_SC_Oct23.png)
A client account is essential to your lettings business, but the rules and regulations you need to follow to keep this...
26 October 2023
From: Sponsored Content
![“Heavy Handed Banks” slammed for pooled client account crisis](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310.png)
Propertymark has responded to an HM Treasury consultation on anti-money laundering processes - and in doing so it’s slammed “heavy handed...
28 September 2023
From: Breaking News
![Investor confidence rising ahead of tomorrow’s inflation figures](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/3-MortgageRates1.png)
A respected measure of investor confidence says it’s on the rise as a result of growing optimism over UK inflation figures...
15 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Thousands of agencies yet to register with HMRC](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyStats-400x310%20(1).png)
More than 20,000 UK estate agency branches have registered with HMRC for money laundering supervision – but thousands have yet to...
14 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Client Account Closures - Chancellor urged to stop banking madness](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/PropertyNews-400x310.png)
The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, is being urged to act now to stop the problems banks are creating for letting agents. Following a...
08 August 2023
From: Breaking News
![Treasury ponders different anti-money laundering systems](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML-400x310.png)
HM Treasury has published a consultation on reform of the anti-money laundering supervisory system, giving four options. Currently the supervisory system is...
27 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![Fines for agents rise rise steeply as AML clampdown kicks in](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML%20_400x310.png)
The average Anti-Money Laundering fine issued to estate agents for non-compliance in 2022-23 is almost half as large again as in...
19 July 2023
From: Breaking News
![HMRC ready to pounce on agents, claims ex-police AML expert](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML%20_400x310.png)
Anti-money laundering consultancy FCS Compliance has announced its latest Webinar for agents using Rightmove. And with it comes a warning that the...
29 June 2023
From: Breaking News
![Agencies risk Reputational Damage - new warning to industry](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML-400x310.png)
Lettings agencies which rely on manual means of verification are risking repetitional damage caused by anti-money laundering regulations, a digital compliance...
11 April 2023
From: Breaking News
![Scare Tactic or Sound Advice? Compliance warning to agents](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/_AML-400x310.png)
A company in the identity verification sector is warning that anti-money laundering checks are set to reach a new intensity in...
24 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Shock inflation figure means rate rise today likely - analysts](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_3-400x310.png)
The Bank of England’s monetary policy committee meets today to decide on its base interest rate amidst shock at the latest...
23 March 2023
From: Breaking News
![Overseas owners urged to register with Companies House soon](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/_RentalHousingUK-400x310.png)
The Register of Overseas Entities, which came into force back in August, requires all overseas entities owning property in the UK...
19 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![HMRC hits agents with larger non-compliance fines](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Fine-400x310.png)
Fines issued to agents for anti-money laundering non-compliance are getting bigger, reversing a downward trend seen throughout the pandemic, according to...
18 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Pooled Client Accounts - banks accused of making mistakes](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/BankofEngland_2-400x310.png)
Propertymark says banks are still misinterpreting Anti-Money Laundering rules regarding pooled client accounts, making life difficult for letting agents. The trade body...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Automated client account platform to supply agents’ trade group](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/PropTech/BroadbandConnection-400x310.png)
Automated client account platform Lettspay is to become a supplier to the Federation of Independent Agents. Lettspay, which is registered with the...
12 January 2023
From: Breaking News
![Today! Key webinar on Making Tax Digital](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-Image-400x310.png)
The vexed subject of letting agents and landlords preparing for the Making Tax Digital regime is to be examined in a...
16 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Cut taxes and make them simpler! Agents’ plea to government](/upload/images/Logos/NAEA-ARLA-Propertymark-400x310.jpg)
With only 48 hours to go before the Autumn Statement confirms stealth tax rises and massive public spending cuts, Propertymark has...
15 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC’s Tax Threat to rentals slammed by agency chief](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Tax-400x310.png)
A holiday lettings agency has criticised the proposed rise in capital gains tax which may be introduced this week in the...
14 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property stealth taxes to be major part of next week’s Budget](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/Taxes-400x310.png)
The Financial Times has an exclusive saying allowances on property taxes such as Capital Gains and Inheritance will be frozen -...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Lettings will be safety net for agents hit by major downturn - claim](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Rental%20Market/Stressed(F)Tenant-400x310.png)
Agents should look to lettings to protect themselves when the sales market is hit by the coming recession and drop in...
08 November 2022
From: Breaking News
![Compliance cases open on agents who fail money laundering rules](/upload/images/Shutterstock-only%20images/Property%20Market/AML_400x310.png)
Propertymark says it’s opened compliance cases against five member agencies following the latest HMRC publication of businesses who have failed to...
12 October 2022
From: Breaking News
![Big rise in cash fines for agencies flouting AML regulations](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/AML-400x310.png)
There’s good news and bad news for letting agents on the anti-money laundering front. The good news is that the overall number...
23 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![Compliance negligence could cost agents, warns Propertymark](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/ComplianceStamp-400x310.jpg)
Propertymark is urging lettings agents to familiarise themselves with recent updated guidance to avoid falling into non-compliance. The trade body says updated...
15 September 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC reminds agents about taxing non-resident landlords](/upload/images/library/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
HMRC has issued a reminder to letting agents about how operate the Non-resident Landlords Scheme. This requires anyone in the UK who...
26 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Huge rise in numbers of holiday lets in popular areas](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/hotel%20400x310.png)
The number of active holiday lets has increased by a third in some of England’s most popular short break destinations. The biggest...
11 August 2022
From: Breaking News
![Client Accounting - Risks and Rewards of Outsourcing](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/The-Lettings-partnership/Hello-TLP-360_280.jpg)
The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are to reduce costs and to have the ability to focus...
01 August 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![HMRC - webinar for agents led by veteran expert](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/Webinar-400x310.png)
Rightmove hosts its latest anti-money laundering webinar next week. The hour-long session at 10am on Tuesday July 19 - a week today...
12 July 2022
From: Breaking News
![Client Accounting – Why Outsource?](/upload/images/adv-2021/sponsored-content/The-Lettings-partnership/why%20outsource%20image.png)
The two main reasons that an agency decides to outsource are: 1.) To reduce costs 2.) To have the ability to focus on...
27 April 2022
From: Sponsored Content
![Agencies targeted by crime syndicates, claims trade body](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/police-tape400x310.png)
The UK lettings and estate agency is being targeted by crime syndicates in order to launder dirty money. That’s the claim of...
27 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC should be tougher on letting agency checks - survey](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/ComplianceStamp-400x310.jpg)
A technology platform claims that as many as a third of lettings agencies that should be compliant with anti-money laundering regulations...
25 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC owed £270,000 by bankrupt lettings agent - court case halted](/upload/images/Back-link-images/equity%20release%20calculator(2).jpg)
Proceedings against a bankrupt letting agent have been delayed 10 weeks to allow mental health reports to be prepared. Madelaina Eftekhari is...
04 April 2022
From: Breaking News
![Tax authority wants to hear agents' views on buy to let tax regime](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
Letting agents are being urged to respond to a consultation opening today from rhe independent Office for Tax Simplification. The OTS has published an...
17 March 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC and Government warned - don’t let Capital Gains Tax kill buy to let](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
A finance chief is warning that the threat of possible rises in Capital Gains Tax should be dismissed by the government to...
09 February 2022
From: Breaking News
![Property Fraud - Agents have key role to deter crime](/upload/images/Miscellaneous/scam%20alert.png)
An hour-long webinar this week aims to inform agents how to deter property fraud by greater emphasis on compliance, due diligence...
24 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC conducting short-notice visits to agents says compliance chief](/upload/images/Rental%20Market/Court-Fine-400x310-min.jpg)
HM Revenue & Customs officers are paying short-notice visits on letting and estate agents to check on their anti-money laundering compliance,...
19 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![HMRC shock for tenants - some may have to pay stamp duty](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/StampDuty-2020-400x310.jpg)
A little-known law may require tenants to pay stamp duty on the rental properties they do not actually own. London lettings agency...
12 January 2022
From: Breaking News
![Webinar follows big rise in agents contacted by HMRC over AML](/upload/images/PropTech%20%26%20Online/WebinarLarge-695x395.png)
FCS Compliance has announced its latest anti-money laundering webinar tailored exclusively for Rightmove members. Are you ready for an HMRC inspection is...
12 November 2021
From: Breaking News
![Activists want HMRC to remove tax perks from holiday lets](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/House-Tax-400x310.jpg)
Baroness Alicia Kennedy, director of the Generation Rent campaign, says rents in Wales, Scotland and South West England have soared thanks...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Lettings agencies amongst those fined by HMRC for breaches](/upload/images/Housing%20Market%20%26%20Property%20Images/UK-Cash-NEW-400x310.jpg)
Two lettings agencies are amongst three property agents which have been fined by HM Revenue & Customs for breaching anti-money laundering...
18 August 2021
From: Breaking News
![Capital Gains Tax - agents back extended time limit, with qualifications](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark has thrown its weight behind a call for HMRC to extend the time limit for the payment of Capital...
11 June 2021
From: Breaking News
![HMRC deadline for letting agents in just two weeks’ time - warning](/img/default/lat.png)
There are just two weeks left for letting agents to register with HM Revenue & Customs if they want to be...
27 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned over HMRC probes if they use old-fashioned ID checks](/img/default/lat.png)
An anti-money laundering PropTech consultancy claims agents are in serious danger of non-compliance with new regulations, unless they ditch paper documents and...
25 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents’ Alert - just four weeks to meet HMRC deadline](/img/default/lat.png)
A compliance specialist is reminding the industry that the deadline by which letting agents must register with HMRC if they are...
17 May 2021
From: Breaking News
![Government pledges to plug ‘rental tax gap’ for holiday lets](/img/default/lat.png)
The government’s much-vaunted ‘tax day’ produced few challenges to the status quo - but holiday lets are under scrutiny. Currently the holiday let...
24 March 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agency warns that landlords seriously worried by CGT threat](/img/default/lat.png)
An agency is warning that possible Capital Gains Tax changes are now a cause of major worry to their landlord customers. Barrows and...
16 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Agents 'should guide landlords through blizzard of licensing rules'](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agents should help landlords through a blizzard of red tape and regulation cause by local licensing schemes, a PropTech entrepreneur...
10 February 2021
From: Breaking News
![Too early to tell if letting agents abide by anti-money laundering - report](/img/default/lat.png)
A new report from the government says it’s too early to tell whether lettings agencies are abiding by new anti-money laundering...
18 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Huge licensing crackdown in 2021 gives agents a chance to shine - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
A new assessment of legislation and council rules surrounding the private rental sector suggests a severe crackdown may be coming in...
02 December 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agencies should review banking and payments - PropTech chief](/img/default/lat.png)
Letting agencies should review banking and payment systems in the light of rule changes and the ongoing challenge of the pandemic. This advice...
20 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents invited to upcoming anti-money laundering webinar](/img/default/lat.png)
Rightmove is to host an anti-money laundering webinar next week, aimed at lettings and sales agents. The event, which is entitled Five...
13 November 2020
From: Breaking News
![Top tips on how to ensure your AML procedures are up to scratch](/img/default/lat.png)
The property market, and therefore, estate agents have been accused of being the 'weak link' in the UK’s money laundering defences. This...
29 October 2020
From: Legislation & Compliance
![Banks Red Tape: Breakthrough for agents on Pooled Client Accounts](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark says there has been a breakthrough on the banking clampdown on pooled client accounts - a pain in the...
10 September 2020
From: Breaking News
![Shocking large scale tax evasion by landlords - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Rogue landlords have been accused of tax evasion which could cost the Treasury as much as £1.73 billion a year. The accusation...
05 August 2020
From: Breaking News
![Anti-Money Laundering: ARLA worry over agents’ responsibilities](/img/default/lat.png)
ARLA Propertymark has set out its concerns over draft guidance on anti-money laundering produced by a body called the Joint Money...
16 June 2020
From: Breaking News
![HMRC finally allows letting agents to register for anti-money laundering](/img/default/lat.png)
The HMRC’s long-awaited online register for letting agents to register their anti-money laundering activities has opened - almost six months after...
28 May 2020
From: Breaking News
![HMRC warns investment sellers on CGT changes](/img/default/lat.png)
HM Revenue & Customs has issued a new warning to buy to let and Holliday home owners about a major change...
16 March 2020
From: Breaking News
![New warning about imminent buy to let tax clampdown](/img/default/lat.png)
There’s a new warning today for buy to let investors who will be hit by tax changes coming into effect on...
20 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![HMRC grabs millions in latest clampdown on buy to let](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s been revealed that a clampdown on the buy to let sector by HM Revenue and Customs has produced millions of...
17 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![HMRC data shows landlords quitting buy to let as tax rises bite](/img/default/lat.png)
An analysis of HMRC data reveals that the number of small buy-to-let landlords has dropped for the first time in five...
10 February 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents Beware: new anti-money laundering rules kick-in today](/img/default/lat.png)
It’s here - the Fifth EU Money Laundering Directive comes into force today with significant challenges and implications for letting agents. The...
10 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![Agents to get ARLA resources as anti-money laundering changes kick in](/img/default/lat.png)
The Association of Residential Letting Agents says it will be issuing resources to support for lettings agents in the coming days...
02 January 2020
From: Breaking News
![“Worse than Scrooge!” - angry judge makes landlord pay £20,000](/img/default/lat.png)
A landlord has been ordered to pay almost £20,000 and has been told by a judge that he was meaner than...
10 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Agents warned: Prepare for imminent Anti-Money Laundering changes](/img/default/lat.png)
[Letting Agent Today was ‘off air’ for some of Wednesday and most of Thursday thanks to technical problems - we apologise to...
06 December 2019
From: Breaking News
![Tenants warned not to ignore ‘snooping’ HMRC letter about landlords](/img/default/lat.png)
The Chartered Institute of Taxation is urging tenants not to ignore a letter if they receive one from HM Revenue &...
18 November 2019
From: Breaking News
![Are HMRC and Airbnb about to go to court over taxes?](/img/default/lat.png)
The BBC is reporting that the short lets giant Airbnb has been contacted by HM Revenue & Customs about its tax...
23 October 2019
From: Breaking News
![HMRC 'fishing expedition’ targets overseas landlords and their tenants](/img/default/lat.png)
HM Revenue & Customs has launched what appears to be a fishing expedition to find out information about investor landlords who...
10 September 2019
From: Breaking News
![HMRC tax clampdown on buy to let finds 16,000 investors underpaid](/img/default/lat.png)
A campaign by HM Revenue & Customs to encourage buy to let investors to ‘fess up’ to their unpaid tax has...
17 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Surge in landlords declaring unpaid tax following HMRC crackdown](/img/default/lat.png)
The number of landlords admitting to not paying tax has soared in the past year, according to new data. During 2018/2019, 16,110...
08 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Rates, yields, demand and tax - reasons why holiday lets are booming](/img/default/lat.png)
A holiday lets and short-term lettings market boom can be put down to a combination of four reasons, according to specialist...
05 July 2019
From: Breaking News
![Thousands of buy to let investors may be due stamp duty rebates - claim](/img/default/lat.png)
Landlords have been urged to seek advice about potential stamp duty rebates on ‘uninhabitable’ second properties after a landmark tribunal case. A...
18 June 2019
From: Breaking News
![Higher rent to combat fees ban should be last resort says mortgage boss](/img/default/lat.png)
The chief executive of a specialist buy to let lender says increasing the rent to combat additional costs put on landlords...
29 April 2019
From: Breaking News
![HMRC still on Buy To Let warpath, despite campaign flop - warning](/img/default/lat.png)
There is a warning that the HMRC’s Let Property campaign, which received huge publicity and attention for some years, has so...
14 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Double Trouble: buy to let investors pay twice the tax of Tesco](/img/default/lat.png)
Income tax paid by buy to let landlords now exceeds £3.8 billion annually – that’s more than double Tesco’s entire annual...
12 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![Buy to let rental income leaps 15% in just one year says lettings agent](/img/default/lat.png)
A lettings agency that has analysed HMRC data says rental income for buy to let landlords has leaped 15 per cent...
07 March 2019
From: Breaking News
![What is the risk?](/img/default/lat.png)
The Money Laundering Regulations require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation to...
20 February 2019
From: Sponsored Content
![Impress landlord clients by pointing them at these HMRC webinars](/img/default/lat.png)
Agents who want to go the extra mile for their landlord clients may want to point them to assistance for the...
03 January 2019
From: Breaking News
![Two new PropTech products aimed at lettings agencies](/img/default/lat.png)
Two new PropTech services launched, targeting the lettings industry. Tenancy referencing firm FCC Paragon has launched MyMoveIn, an online platform that supports...
02 October 2018
From: Breaking News
![Is a passport enough for AML? Blog 3](/img/default/lat.png)
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
29 August 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![HMRC hasn't thought through latest rental tax change, say accountants](/img/default/lat.png)
Government plans aimed at stopping the abuse of the current Rent A Room tax perk may overcomplicate the system and deter...
02 August 2018
From: Breaking News
![Is a passport enough for AML? (Part 2)](/img/default/lat.png)
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
02 July 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Is a passport enough for AML? (Part 1)](/img/default/lat.png)
The Money Laundering Regulations 2017 require estate agents to risk assess their business relationships and apply an appropriate level of investigation...
25 June 2018
From: Sponsored Content
![Agency closes, boss disappears, and thousands owed to clients](/img/default/lat.png)
A regional newspaper claims that a lettings agency has collapsed, its boss has gone to ground, and thousands of pounds are...