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#31

Do you have a good relationship with your UK property solicitor? Finding and keeping a good solicitor for your power team may be crucial for your long term success in building your UK property portfolio.

Tim Bishop runs a firm of specialist property solicitors and, as a property investor in both the residential and commercial sectors himself, is well positioned to see things from both sides.

Listen now to hear Tim’s tips on how to get the best out of your solicitor.

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#30


Some UK property investors invest for capital growth, but fellow property podcaster Rob Smallbone of The Property Nomads Podcast argues that cashflow is king, particularly in the current macro-economic climate.

Rob also issues a word of caution for those following the BRR model as we head into unchartered economic waters.

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#29


As our mini-series on expat property tax in collaboration with Sean The Property Tax Accountant draws to a close, we look at risk management: the systematic approach to identifying, evaluating, mitigating and monitoring risk. We explore the concepts of risk capacity, risk appetite and risk tolerance. 

Don’t risk missing this or any of the other episodes in this series:

• Episode 23: An Introduction to Sean, the Property Tax Accountant
• Episode 24: Property Ownership Structures (Limited Company or Personally Held?)
• Episode 25: Smart Property Company Group Structures
• Episode 26: Capital Gains Tax for Expats
• Episode 27: Compliance
• Episode 28: Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion & Tax Planning
• Episode 29: Risk Management

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#28

The penultimate portion of our bite-sized episodes on expat property tax tackles Tax Evasion, Tax Avoidance, and Tax Planning, which are, respectively, illegal, legal and advisable.

Sean the Expat Property Tax Accountant tells us what we should do, what we shouldn’t do, and, also what we could do. Find out why Sean suggests obtaining multiple specialist opinions in relation to those tax schemes you may read about on the property forums as a way to get around Section 24.

Other episodes in this must listen series:

• Episode 23: An Introduction to Sean, the Property Tax Accountant
• Episode 24: Limited Company vs Personal Name: How to Buy UK Property as an Expat
• Episode 25: Property Company Structures UK: Group Structuring for Tax-Efficient Investing
• Episode 26: Capital Gains Tax for Expats
• Episode 27: Compliance
• Episode 28: TUK Property Tax Planning for Expats: Avoidance vs. Evasion Explained
• Episode 29: Risk Management

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#27

Tax is not the sexiest of topics and compliance is perhaps its least interesting aspect, but it’s possibly the most important so missing this episode could be as dangerous as non-compliance itself!

Our resident expat tax expert, Sean the Expat Property Tax Accountant highlights the key taxes and other obligations that expat property investors need to consider when embarking on their first investment.

Other episodes in this must listen series:

• Episode 23: An Introduction to Sean, the Property Tax Accountant
• Episode 24: Property Ownership Structures (Limited Company or Personally Held?)
• Episode 25: Smart Property Company Group Structures
• Episode 26: Capital Gains Tax for Expats
• Episode 27: Compliance
• Episode 28: Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion & Tax Planning
• Episode 29: Risk Management

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#26

Capital Gains Tax for expats may be much more complex than many expat UK property investors realise. Fortunately, Sean the Property Tax Accountant is here again to explain the rules and provide some thought provoking examples to help inform your own expat property tax decisions.

Other episodes in this must listen series:

• Episode 23: An Introduction to Sean, the Property Tax Accountant
• Episode 24: Property Ownership Structures (Limited Company or Personally Held?)
• Episode 25: Smart Property Company Group Structures
• Episode 26: Capital Gains Tax for Expats
• Episode 27: Compliance
• Episode 28: Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion & Tax Planning
• Episode 29: Risk Management

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#25

 In this, the third instalment of our mini-season on expat property tax in collaboration with Sean The Property Tax Accountant, we look at the benefits of group structures.

 Group structures, along with standalone limited companies, represent an efficient way of adding children to your business.

 Group structures also offer advantages for investors operating a mixture of property strategies which have different tax treatments such as buy-to-let investments and flips. 

 Other episodes in this must listen series:

• Episode 23: An Introduction to Sean, the Property Tax Accountant
• Episode 24: Limited Company vs Personal Name: How to Buy UK Property as an Expat
• Episode 25: Smart Property Company Group Structures
• Episode 26: Capital Gains Tax for Expats
• Episode 27: Compliance
• Episode 28: Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion & Tax Planning
• Episode 29: Risk Management

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#24

The most common question facing expat investors in the UK buy-to-let property market is whether to buy UK property through a limited company or in their personal names. 

In this, the second of seven pocket-sized podcast episodes on British tax for expat UK property investors, Sean the Property Tax Accountant identifies the three main factors that could help you to decide:

1. Are you / Will you be a basic or higher rate tax payer in the UK?
2. Do you intend to reinvest or spend your profits?
3. Do you plan to pass on your property to your children?

Sean also highlights that it does not have to be an either / or decision, that in fact you might want to consider a combination of some properties held in a limited company structure and others held personally.

• Other episodes in this must listen series:
• Episode 23: An Introduction to Sean, the Property Tax Accountant
• Episode 24: Property Ownership Structures (Limited Company or Personally Held?)
• Episode 25: Smart Property Company Group Structures
• Episode 26: Capital Gains Tax for Expats
• Episode 27: Compliance
• Episode 28: Tax Avoidance, Tax Evasion & Tax Planning
• Episode 29: Risk Management

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#23

Are you a UK property investor looking for expat tax advice? Sean the Property Tax Accountant is himself an expat property investor and a property tax specialist so he well qualified to talk about British tax for UK expats investing in property.

 In this, the first of seven daily pocket-sized podcast episodes on everything you need to know about British tax, Sean talks about his own portfolio and why it’s important to have a specialist property accountant for smarter property investing.

 The rest of this mini-series covers property ownership structures, group structures, Capital Gains Tax, compliance, tax evasion, tax avoidance and tax planning and risk management, all through the lens of expats investing in UK property.

 Meanwhile, back in 2020, having scaled their portfolio to 5 student HMOs, the Expat Property Guy and his wife take the time to get to grips with their own long-term tax position and go looking for a UK property tax adviser.

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#22

You’re building your UK investment property portfolio. You’ve decided on the best places to invest in UK property. You’re super organised and you have the skills and knowledge for smarter property investing. But if only there was one platform where you could both manage your existing portfolio AND track potential deals in your pipeline. 

That’s how occasionally remote investor Jake Barlow from Stockport felt as he was building his portfolio with his fiancée, Nicola so they took matters into their own hands and built their own platform called Property Store. 

Meanwhile, back in 2020, Covid causes a crisis in the Expat Property Guy’s Expat Property Story and puts his plans for buying four more HMOs in jeopardy. Listen now to find out how it all turns out…

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