Landlord & Property Tax · East London
Landlord accountants in West Ham, Newham
Owning rental property in West Ham means a UK property return every January, mortgage interest that is no longer deductible but a 20% credit, and from April 2026 quarterly digital updates for landlords with higher rental income. We handle all of it online, reconcile every agent statement, and file once you have approved the figures. One fixed fee.
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 West Ham
Residential and commercial landlords in West Ham, Newham: 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 West Ham, Newham, step by step
Scope the job
We find out what you need filed, when it is due and what state the records are in, and tell you which fixed-fee package applies.
Agree the price
The fee is confirmed in writing. There is no hourly billing and nothing added for questions during the work.
Hand over the records
Photographs, PDFs, software access or a spreadsheet, sent however suits you. We confirm what we have and what is missing within two working days.
Approve, then we submit
You review the draft with our explanation, sign off, and we file. Receipts, copies and the next deadlines come back to you immediately.
Why IGI
The IGI way of working, in West Ham
The price for landlord & property tax is published on this page and is what a client in West Ham pays. We confirm it in writing first, and the invoice matches the quote.
Nothing for West Ham 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 East London, no parking. Everything for landlord & property tax in West Ham happens online, with a real person on the other end during UK working hours.
A named person handles your landlord & property tax from West Ham and knows the file, so you are not re-explaining your business to a different helpdesk each time.
The output for West Ham clients is never just a form. It is the form, a one-page summary of what it says, and a note of the decisions it points to for landlord & property tax.
Nothing is filed for West Ham 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 West Ham, Newham
West Ham, Newham is in East London, within Newham, in the E15 postcode district, England. For businesses in England the tax rules are those set by the UK Parliament: the 20/40/45% income tax bands, Class 4 National Insurance for the self-employed at 6% and 2%, Corporation Tax at 19% to 25%, and Stamp Duty Land Tax on property. Business rates are set locally by the council.
| Place | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|
| Canning Town North | 0.4 mi | S |
| Mill Meads | 0.5 mi | NW |
| Plaistow, Newham | 0.6 mi | E |
| Bromley-by-Bow | 0.8 mi | W |
| Plaistow North | 0.8 mi | E |
| Stratford and New Town | 0.9 mi | NW |
| Stratford, Newham | 1.0 mi | N |
| Canning Town | 1.0 mi | S |
Worth knowing
Rules that come up in this work
CIS deductions
The Construction Industry Scheme affects both sides of a construction payment. Contractors must verify subcontractors, deduct the right amount, issue statements and file monthly, with penalties from £100 for each late return. Subcontractors suffer deductions on turnover and recover the excess at the year end. Limited company subcontractors offset deductions against PAYE monthly instead.
Confirmation statements and identity verification
Every company must file a confirmation statement at least once a year, within fourteen days of its review date, with a £50 Companies House fee. Since November 2025 directors and people with significant control must also verify their identity with Companies House, and the confirmation statement is where existing officers confirm they have done so during the transition year.
Corporation Tax rates and marginal relief
Corporation Tax is not a flat rate. Profits to £50,000 pay 19%, profits above £250,000 pay 25%, and the band between is taxed at an effective marginal rate of 26.5% through the marginal relief mechanism. Associated companies share the thresholds, which catches directors who own more than one company and is the most common cause of underpaid tax in owner-managed groups.
The VAT registration threshold
VAT registration is compulsory once taxable turnover in any rolling twelve-month period exceeds £90,000, or when you expect to exceed that in the next thirty days alone. The test is rolling, not by tax year, and includes zero-rated sales. Businesses regularly cross it without noticing, and late registration means accounting for VAT on sales where it was never charged to customers.
Director's loan accounts
Money taken from a company has to be something: salary, dividend, expense reimbursement or loan. If it is a loan and remains outstanding nine months after the year end, the company pays tax at the dividend higher rate on it until it is repaid. Clearing the balance with a properly declared dividend before the deadline, where reserves allow, is routine year-end work.
Salary versus dividends
The salary-and-dividend split is the central planning decision for an owner-managed company. Salary costs employer National Insurance above £5,000 but is deductible; dividends are not deductible but attract lower personal rates and no National Insurance. The optimum changes each April with the thresholds and depends on the director's other income, so it should be set deliberately every year.
Payments on account
A common surprise in Self Assessment is the January payment that is far larger than expected. That is the balancing payment for the year just ended plus the first payment on account for the year ahead, which HMRC sets at half of the bill just calculated. We put the figure in your hands months ahead and tell you how to adjust it legitimately when circumstances change.
Questions
Landlord & Property Tax questions from West Ham
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.
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.
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.
What expenses can I claim?
Letting agent fees, repairs and maintenance, buildings and contents insurance, ground rent and service charges, council tax and utilities you pay, accountancy, legal fees for lets of a year or less, replacing furniture and appliances, mileage to the property, and advertising. Improvements, your own labour and the capital part of mortgage payments are not allowable.
How is mortgage interest treated now?
Since April 2020 individual landlords cannot deduct mortgage interest or other finance costs from rental profit. Instead you receive a tax reduction of 20% of the finance costs. For higher-rate taxpayers this means more tax than under the old rules, and the restriction can push rental profit into a higher band. We calculate it and carry forward any unused credit.
What is included in the £149 one-property fee?
The rental income and expenditure account for the property, a review of every expense category, the finance-cost credit calculation, the UK property pages and the rest of your Self Assessment return completed and filed with HMRC. Rental income alongside employment or a pension is the most common case and this fee covers it.
How do I get started from West Ham, Newham?
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 West Ham clients are set up within a day.
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 West Ham 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.
Fixed fees, filed on time, for West Ham
Tell us what you need. You get one fixed fee in writing, and nothing is filed until you approve it.