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Sector-specific tax and accounting analysis

Practical writing on the tax, VAT, MTD, rating and compliance questions that come up on short-term let and holiday let portfolios — with the primary sources cited, and dated so you can see when we wrote it.

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28 June 2026·9 min read

Selling Your STL: The Pre-Sale Accounting Work That Adds to the Price and Reduces the CGT Hit

Post-FHL, most STL disposals face higher-rate CGT of 24% rather than the old 10% BADR rate that historically applied to FHL disposals. A narrow BADR route survives for operators whose FHL business genuinely ceased before 6 April 2025 (three-year transitional). Pre-sale accounting work is now decisive on both price and tax bill.

#Structuring #CGT #Tax

20 June 2026·8 min read

Selling a former FHL: CGT and the remaining reliefs

The FHL abolition closed the FHL route into Business Asset Disposal Relief on holiday-let sales, subject to a three-year post-cessation transitional window. BADR itself is now at 18%. Standard residential-property CGT is 18% within the basic-rate band and 24% above. This piece works through the calculation and the remaining relief options.

#CGT #FHL #Disposal #BADR