Rural Tax Campaign

Having recently presented at a series of seminars around the South West, John Endacott, Tax Partner at Francis Clark, talks about the current situation of the furnished holiday letting rules.

John Endacott gives his analysis of the Finance Act 2011 in relation to furnished holiday let rules. As published in Tax Journal.

John Endacott shares his expertise on the issues surrounding the changes to furnished holiday letting rules in an interview with Tanya Powley of the Financial Times.

New rules on furnished holiday lets will make it more difficult to let certain properties, reduce the number available and act as a barrier to new entrants to the industry. That is the verdict of a Westcountry expert on holiday lettings who is urging affected businesses to express their concerns to Government before consultation on the new rules ends next week (February 9).

Read the latest consultation document from HM Treasury on the draft legislation on Furnished Holiday Lettings as part of the Finance Bill 2011 measures.

Owners of furnished holiday lets have until next Friday (October 22) to respond to a Government consultation into changing the way their properties are taxed.

Read the latest consultation document from HM Treasury on the proposed changes to the special tax rules for furnished holiday lettings.

We're not out of the woods yet on holiday let tax changes. John Endacott from Truro accountants Winter Rule looks at reform of holiday let tax rules.

 

In the Budget on 22 June 2010 the new coalition government announced the following: “The Government will publish a public consultation over the summer about plans to change the tax treatment of furnished holiday lettings from April 2011"
 

John Endacott is a tax partner at Winter Rule LLP and has been involved in discussions with H M Revenue & Customs and H M Treasury in respect of the proposed repeal of the furnished holiday letting rules on behalf of the Tax Faculty and in conjunction with the CIOT. Here he writes for Taxation.

Furnished holiday lets - where are we after the PBR? John Endacott explains what the Tax Faculty is doing and offers some practical suggestions for advisers.

A half-baked surprise announcement on 22 April this year has now been followed after 231 days by the much promised detailed proposals.

Read the Impact Assessment of Withdrawing the Furnished Holiday Letting Rules, produced by HM revenue and Customs.

Read the recently published technical note of the withdrawal of the Furnished Holiday Letting Rules from 2010/11.

Controversial Government plans to change the tax rules on furnished holiday lets will be a direct threat to new investment in the tourism sector, according to our new survey.

The campaign against controversial Government plans to change the tax rules on furnished holiday lets, which could cost the Westcountry economy tens of millions of pounds, is stepping up a gear with the launch of an information roadshow.

John Endacott considers the uncertainties caused by the proposal to put and end to the special tax treatment of furnished holiday lettings.

A campaign has been launched to fight proposed tax changes that could impact on thousands of rural business across the Westcountry.