The bar for a holiday lettings business to qualify for BPR is set increasingly high. Katherine Bullock outlines how to best advise clients ‘It does appear that, to be classified successfully as a non-investment business, a holiday letting business will need very significant services indeed to succeed; possibly even expenditure in excess of 65% of …
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Wills & Trusts Law Reports | Autumn 2018 #173The deceased owned a property, Carnwethers, on the Isles of Scilly, from which she ran self-catering holiday accommodation business, as well as occasional bed-and-breakfast accommodation. There were four self-catering apartments which were well-furnished and provided with numerous additional amenities, and particularly assiduous concierge assistance from the owners. On her death HMRC issued a notice of determination refusing business property relief on any of the value of Carnwethers on the basis that the business consisted mainly of the holding of an investment.
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