Landlord & Property Tax · South East London
Landlord accountants in Maypole, Bromley
Landlords in Maypole, Bromley come to us for the rental accounts that get the detail right: the difference between a repair and an improvement, the replacement of domestic items relief, the correct split of jointly owned income, and the finance-cost restriction that catches higher-rate taxpayers. Fixed fees across South East London, nothing filed until you approve.
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 Maypole
Residential and commercial landlords in Maypole, Bromley: 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 Maypole, Bromley, 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
Why Maypole businesses file with IGI
One fixed fee for landlord & property tax in Maypole, Bromley, agreed in writing before any work starts and never changed part-way through the job, however long it takes us.
Nothing for Maypole is left to the last week. Each deadline relevant to landlord & property tax is tracked from the day you join, with the next four shown on every page we send you.
No appointments, no travel across South East London, no parking. Everything for landlord & property tax in Maypole happens online, with a real person on the other end during UK working hours.
You get one contact for landlord & property tax, not a queue. Maypole, Bromley clients message the same person throughout and get an answer in working hours, usually within a few hours.
We explain landlord & property tax in the words Maypole, Bromley business owners use, not in accountant's shorthand, and we show our working so you can check it.
Nothing is filed for Maypole until you have reviewed and approved it. You see the draft, you ask questions, you sign off, then we submit and send you the receipt.
Local facts
About Maypole, Bromley
Maypole, Bromley is in South East London, within Bromley, in the BR6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bopeep | 0.2 mi | S |
| Well Hill | 0.2 mi | E |
| Chelsfield | 0.6 mi | W |
| Badgers Mount | 1 mi | S |
| Chelsfield and Pratts Bottom | 1 mi | W |
| Pratts Bottom | 1 mi | SW |
| Timberden Bottom | 2 mi | SE |
| Crockenhill | 2 mi | NE |
Worth knowing
Rules that come up in this work
Switching accountants
You can switch accountant at any point in the year. The new firm requests clearance and your records from the old one, which cannot withhold your own documents though it may hold its own working papers until its fees are settled. Agent authorisations with HMRC and Companies House are transferred, and the next deadline is picked up without a gap.
Closing a company
Voluntary strike-off is available only to solvent companies. One that owes money it cannot pay needs a creditors' voluntary liquidation through a licensed insolvency practitioner, and directors who dissolve an insolvent company face personal consequences. For a solvent company the process takes three to four months from filing the DS01, with notice to creditors and shareholders within seven days.
Crypto records and reporting
Crypto tax splits into capital gains on disposals and income on rewards, with different rates and different reporting. The £3,000 annual exempt amount and the 18% and 24% rates apply to gains; staking, mining and airdrop income is taxed at marginal income tax rates. HMRC's nudge letters to holders have increased sharply, and a voluntary disclosure before one arrives is treated far more leniently.
The 60-day property CGT return
Since April 2020 a gain on UK residential property must be reported and the tax paid within 60 days of completion through HMRC's dedicated service, separately from the annual return. Non-residents must report all UK land disposals in the same window whether or not tax is due. Getting the computation right first time matters because the figure is then carried into the Self Assessment.
Record keeping
Record keeping is a legal obligation with a penalty of up to £3,000 for failure, but its real value is in making every other filing cheaper and more defensible. Keep invoices, receipts, bank statements, mileage logs and any HMRC correspondence, digitally if you like, for five years after the relevant filing deadline for individuals and six years for companies and VAT.
Allowable expenses
An expense is allowable against trading profit if it is incurred wholly and exclusively for the business. Materials, business travel other than ordinary commuting, a proportion of home running costs, software, insurance, professional fees, bank charges and protective clothing qualify. Client entertainment, ordinary clothing, fines and the private share of mixed-use costs do not.
Employer National Insurance
Since April 2025 employer National Insurance has been 15% on earnings above a £5,000 secondary threshold, a substantial increase for small employers. The Employment Allowance rose to £10,500 at the same time to soften it for the smallest businesses. Directors deciding their own salary weigh this cost against the Corporation Tax deduction a salary provides.
Questions
Landlord & Property Tax questions from Maypole
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.
Do I have to use Making Tax Digital?
From April 2026 if your combined property and self-employment income was over £50,000 in 2024/25, from April 2027 if over £30,000, and planned for April 2028 at £20,000. It means digital records and quarterly updates to HMRC. We assess your start date as part of the return and set up the bookkeeping when it applies.
What is the property allowance?
The first £1,000 of gross rental income each year is tax free, and if your rental income is under £1,000 you need not report it. Above £1,000 you can either deduct the allowance instead of expenses or claim actual expenses, whichever is better. It cannot be used with rent-a-room relief on the same income.
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.
What happened to furnished holiday lets?
The furnished holiday let regime ended on 5 April 2025. Holiday lets are now taxed like other residential lets: the finance-cost restriction applies, capital allowances on furniture are replaced by replacement relief, and the capital gains reliefs are withdrawn with transitional rules. Our £249 holiday let service handles the transition and the new treatment.
Do you have an office in Maypole?
No. IGI Accounting is an online-only firm. We serve Maypole, Bromley and every other UK postcode remotely, with records sent by WhatsApp or email and everything filed electronically. The absence of local premises is why the fee for landlord & property tax is the same in Maypole as anywhere else in the country, and why there is nothing to visit and nothing to print.
Is landlord & property tax in Maypole really the same price as elsewhere?
Yes. The fee published on this page is what a client in Maypole, Bromley pays and what a client in any other part of England pays. It is confirmed in writing before work starts and the invoice matches the quote. Where a higher package applies because your situation is more complex, we say so at the quote stage, never afterwards.
One message from Maypole, one fixed price
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.