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We support you and your business at every stage with expert advice that delivers outstanding results.

We provide accounting, tax and business advice to individuals, family, and owner-managed businesses from across our offices in Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and York.

Property Services

Investing in and developing property

Jeremy Oliver
mob: 07779 139912
 joliver@garbutt-elliott.co.uk

Nick Scull
mob: 07912 274912
 nscull@garbutt-elliott.co.uk

Duncan Meredith
mob: 07720 316668
 dmeredith@garbutt-elliott.co.uk

We deal with the accounting, taxation, and strategic planning issues of property transactions for clients on a daily basis, acting as advisors to a growing number of local property developers and investors. We also work closely with other professionals involved in this sector to achieve the best results for our clients.

Services that may be of interest to you include:

  • Sourcing sites through contacts with landowners
  • Negotiating and planning site acquisition
  • Appraising land valuation and offers for sites and advising on a tax-efficient structure for the purchase
  • Fundraising for up to 100% of the land and development costs
  • Forecasting job costs including cost/profit reports and cash flow management
  • Advice on tax relief and allowances during development
  • Maximising value on disposal including tax-efficient extraction of profit for the proprietor addressing any SDLT and VAT issues

Recent examples of projects undertaken for clients include:

  • Designing tax-efficient property development ventures using LLPs
  • Mitigating tax on the development/redevelopment of bare land and brownfield sites
  • Planning the acquisition of an investment property portfolio to shelter future tax costs including IHT, CGT and tax on rental income
  • Structuring the disposal of investment property to shelter tax on the gain by utilising losses in associated companies
  • Structuring the tax-efficient acquisition of commercial property in a pension fund
  • Maximising PPR relief on the sale of residential property

If you would like to discuss a particular property issue we would be delighted to offer you a no obligation consultation.