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07/12/2009, 7:14 milkeybar kid Joined on 06/03/2007 Posts 315 BBC..UK self catering tax perks to stop. Does it effect many of you here ? Listening to the news this morning again the UK government are trying to get much needed money, they are proposing that UK self catering tax breaks to owners in UK are to be abolished because (so they say!!) it could be breaking UE rules.MBK    Report

07/12/2009, 9:52 Pickles Joined on 23/08/2004 Posts 709 Re: BBC..UK self catering tax perks to stop.  milkeybar kid wrote: Does it effect many of you here ? Listening to the news this morning again the UK government are trying to get much needed money, they are proposing that UK self catering tax breaks to owners in UK are to be abolished because (so they say!!) it could be breaking UE rules.MBK IIRC, this was originally announced in the last Budget, to take effect from the next tax year (ie 2010-11) and removes the preferential treatment of holiday lettings vis-a-vis longer-term lettings. Am I correct? Regards Pickles    Report

07/12/2009, 10:19 Pierre ZFP Joined on 12/11/2004 PdC(62)/Luxembourg Posts 2,999 Re: BBC..UK self catering tax perks to stop. So what sort of Perks are currently OK then? (not that I do any sort of renting - just curious) Make tea not war    Report

07/12/2009, 22:46 milkeybar kid Joined on 06/03/2007 Posts 315 Re: BBC..UK self catering tax perks to stop. I caught only the highlights but it seemed to refer to renovations but also I think you are not taxed on the income quite the same? possibly. Surely someone here could enlighten us,it does not effect me but I just like to know about these things. Edited.... this is an old link from when it was first mooted, but explains more than I knew before!!! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8013022.stm    Report

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