How Holyrood’s punishing taxes hollowed out English border towns
Patrick Paton, of Berwick estate agency Paton and Co, says more and more high-earning professionals have been moving their families...
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How Andy Burnham’s radical land tax will rock your house price
“Our campaign isn’t about raising taxes. There’s no room to increase our property taxes. It is a case of rebalancing,...
How Labour’s mansion tax will catch you (sooner or later)
Homeowners, brace yourselves. From April 2028, yet more bills will be added to the heap. Labour’s “mansion tax” plans mean...
Edinburgh to bring back 300pc second homes tax
Local authorities were granted powers by the Scottish Government to raise taxes on second home owners by an unlimited amount...
Britain already has the highest property taxes in the world – but it’s about to get worse
But the tax burden on our homes is about to get even worse.In a little over 18 months’ time, homes...
UK property taxes highest in the world after Labour raid
When measured solely on how much is raised through property taxes, the UK trails only the United States, where the...
How runaway council tax could break the SNP’s grip on Scotland
For almost two decades, Scots appeared to benefit from a tax perk that their neighbours south of the border could...
Americans and Canadians snap up London homes as prices fall
Despite record interest from North America, international demand in Britain overall fell 10pc in the past year.Ms Eccles said that...
Gambling tycoon moves property empire offshore ahead of Reeves tax raid
Britain’s biggest taxpayer has moved his multimillion-pound property empire offshore before a tax raid by Rachel Reeves.Fred Done, the billionaire...
HMRC ramps up property valuation challenges in inheritance tax crackdown
HMRC has ramped up its scrutiny of property valuations amid an inheritance tax crackdown, data show.The taxman challenged 23.5pc more...
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