Landlord & Property Tax · Central London
Landlord accountants in Charing Cross, Westminster
Landlord accounts and tax returns for property owners in Charing Cross, Westminster: £149 for one property, £199 for two to four, £299 for a portfolio of five or more, each including the Self Assessment filing. Fixed fees, published on this page, and the same in Charing Cross as in any other part of England.
from £149 · fixed, per year
Next deadlines
- UK residential property disposals: CGT return and payment within 60 days of completion
- UK residential property disposals: CGT return and payment within 60 days of completion
- Online Self Assessment filing deadline and balancing payment due
- UK residential property disposals: CGT return and payment within 60 days of completion
Who this is for
Landlord & Property Tax for Charing Cross
Residential and commercial landlords in Charing Cross, Westminster: accidental landlords renting a former home, buy-to-let investors with one to several mortgaged properties, portfolio landlords, joint owners and couples, owners of furnished holiday lets and serviced accommodation, overseas landlords with UK rentals, and anyone who has let a property for years without declaring it and wants to put it right.
What is included
Everything inside the fixed fee
- Rental income and expenses for each property reconciled to agent statements and bank records
- Allowable expenses claimed in full: repairs, insurance, agent fees, ground rent, service charges, replacement of domestic items
- Mortgage interest handled correctly as a 20% tax credit, not a deduction, with the restriction carried forward where it cannot be used
- Joint ownership splits, Form 17 elections and the property allowance applied where they help
- Furnished holiday lets, serviced accommodation and rent-a-room treated under the rules now in force
- UK property pages of the Self Assessment completed and filed, with Making Tax Digital readiness assessed
How it works
Landlord & Property Tax from Charing Cross, Westminster, step by step
Tell us your situation
A short message or call about what you do and what needs filing. We ask the questions that determine the right package and nothing more.
Fixed fee in writing
You receive one price for the work, confirmed by email before anything starts. It does not change if the job takes longer than we expected.
Send records, review the draft
Records come by WhatsApp or email. We prepare the draft, explain the figures in plain English and answer your questions.
We file, you get the receipts
Once you approve and the fee is settled, we submit electronically and forward the HMRC or Companies House acknowledgement the same day.
Why IGI
The IGI way of working, in Charing Cross
No hourly rate and no surprise invoice. Charing Cross clients know the fee for landlord & property tax before they send a single document, and it stays fixed.
We work to the HMRC and Companies House calendar, not an appointment diary. Clients in Charing Cross, Westminster get reminders at 60, 30 and 7 days before each date that applies to landlord & property tax.
Online only, UK based. There is no office in Charing Cross to pay for, which is why the fee is the same here as anywhere in England; the work is done by people in the UK who answer the same day.
Continuity matters in landlord & property tax: the person who prepared last year's work for your Charing Cross business prepares this year's, and remembers what was agreed.
Plain English, with the numbers. Every draft for Charing Cross comes with a short explanation of what the figures mean and what, if anything, you should do about them.
You stay in control of landlord & property tax: drafts go to Charing Cross clients first, with the figures explained, and nothing leaves us until you say so.
Local facts
About Charing Cross, Westminster
Charing Cross, Westminster is in Central London, within Westminster, in the WC2N postcode district, England. Income tax in England follows the UK rates: 20% basic to £50,270, 40% higher to £125,140 and 45% additional, with the personal allowance of £12,570 tapered away above £100,000. National Insurance, VAT and Corporation Tax are UK-wide, and Stamp Duty Land Tax applies to property purchases.
| Place | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| London | 0.1 mi | NW |
| Whitehall, Westminster | 0.2 mi | W |
| Covent Garden | 0.4 mi | N |
| Aldwych | 0.4 mi | NE |
| Chinatown | 0.4 mi | NW |
| South Bank, South East | 0.4 mi | E |
| Seven Dials | 0.5 mi | N |
| Temple, Westminster | 0.5 mi | NE |
Worth knowing
Rules that come up in this work
The VAT registration threshold
Watching the rolling twelve-month turnover figure is one of the quiet jobs of monthly bookkeeping, because the £90,000 VAT threshold arrives silently. Crossing it brings quarterly returns, Making Tax Digital software and a decision about schemes. Crossing it late brings a bill for VAT you could not recover from customers and a penalty for failing to notify.
Corporation Tax rates and marginal relief
Since April 2023 there have been two Corporation Tax rates, 19% small profits and 25% main, with marginal relief smoothing the transition between £50,000 and £250,000 of profit. The band is where planning matters: each pound of profit in it is taxed at an effective 26.5%, so pension contributions and capital expenditure timed to keep profit below £50,000 are worth more than they look.
Salary versus dividends
Paying yourself from a company involves two routes with different tax treatment. Salary through payroll is a company expense and builds a National Insurance record; dividends come from post-tax profit at lower personal rates. Undocumented drawings that are neither become director's loans, with a 35.75% section 455 charge if not repaid within nine months of the year end.
Director's loan accounts
A director's loan account records money moving between a director and the company that is not salary or dividend. If the director owes the company money nine months and one day after the year end, the company pays section 455 tax at 35.75% of the balance, refundable only when the loan is repaid. Loans over £10,000 are also a benefit in kind unless interest is charged at HMRC's official rate.
The Self Assessment calendar
The tax year runs from 6 April to 5 April. Anyone new to Self Assessment must register by 5 October after the end of the tax year in which their untaxed income began. The online return and the balancing payment are due by 31 January, with a second payment on account on 31 July where they apply. Paper returns have an earlier deadline of 31 October and are rarely sensible.
Payments on account
If your Self Assessment bill exceeds £1,000 and less than 80% of your tax was collected at source, HMRC asks for two advance payments towards the following year, each half of the current bill, due 31 January and 31 July. The first year this happens the January payment is effectively one and a half times the bill. We model it in advance and show you how to reduce the payments if income is falling.
Late filing penalties
Lateness is expensive in a way that compounds. For individuals, £100 immediately, then daily penalties, then percentage-based ones at six and twelve months, with interest running on unpaid tax throughout. For companies, Companies House penalties scale with delay and double on repeat, and HMRC adds its own for a late CT600. Filing on time is the cheapest tax planning there is.
Questions
Landlord & Property Tax questions from Charing Cross
Is replacing a kitchen a repair or an improvement?
Replacing like with like, or with the modern equivalent, is a repair and deductible, even if the new kitchen is better quality because standards have risen. Adding something that was not there before, such as extending the kitchen or adding a dishwasher space, is an improvement and goes against the capital gain instead. We split mixed invoices.
I rent out a room in my own home. Is that taxable?
Rent-a-room relief exempts the first £7,500 a year of income from letting furnished accommodation in your main home, or £3,750 each if the income is shared. Above that you can pay tax on the excess over £7,500 or on actual profit. Lodgers, Airbnb rooms and short-term lets of a room all qualify.
I have been letting for years and never declared it. What now?
HMRC's Let Property Campaign allows landlords to disclose undeclared rental income with lower penalties than if HMRC finds it, which with data from letting agents, deposit schemes and councils it increasingly does. We quantify the undeclared years, prepare the disclosure and negotiate the settlement. Acting first is always cheaper.
Should I put my properties into a limited company?
Sometimes. A company deducts mortgage interest in full and pays Corporation Tax at 19% to 25%, but extracting profit costs dividend tax, mortgages are dearer and transferring existing properties triggers CGT and SDLT. It suits higher-rate taxpayers building a portfolio long term; it rarely suits one or two properties. Our tax planning review runs the numbers.
I live abroad and rent out a UK property. Do I still pay UK tax?
Yes. UK rental income is taxed in the UK regardless of your residence, with the personal allowance available to most non-residents. Letting agents or tenants must deduct 20% at source unless you are approved under the Non-Resident Landlord Scheme to receive rent gross. We handle the approval and the annual return.
My partner and I own a property jointly. How is the income split?
Married couples and civil partners are taxed 50/50 by default regardless of actual ownership, unless you own in unequal shares and file Form 17 with evidence to be taxed on your actual shares. Unmarried joint owners are taxed on their actual shares. Choosing the right split can save tax where one of you is in a lower band.
Which deadlines matter most for landlord & property tax?
The next four dates that apply to landlord & property tax are shown at the top of this page, calculated from today. For Charing Cross clients we diarise every one of them from the day you join and send reminders before each, so the work is done in good time rather than in the last week before a penalty.
How do I get started from Charing Cross, Westminster?
Message us on WhatsApp or email with a sentence about your business and what you need. We reply in working hours with any questions and a fixed fee for landlord & property tax. Once you confirm, we tell you exactly which records to send and the work begins. Most Charing Cross clients are set up within a day.
Let us take the deadlines off your plate in Charing Cross
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.