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Buy to Let (Part 2)

In our article on 26th November 2015, just after the Autumn Statement, we briefly summarised the news and impact for buy to let investor community. The third budget statement of the calendar year carried with it a second wave of bad news for the private buy to let investor. After having the higher rate tax relief removed (phased in from April 2017) in

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HMRC Tax Treatment

Last week HMRC updated their Policy Paper on the treatment of interest payments by Peer-to-Peer Lending platforms for tax purposes.   For now there is no decision on whether platforms will be required to apply withholding tax to Peer to Peer Loan income and so investors will continue to receive

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How will Banks and P2P Lenders work together?

In the very early stages of the AltFi revolution, there was a great deal of speculation about how its rise would affect the banking sector. As P2P Lending moved in and started filling funding gaps left by the traditional finance industry, it sparked questions about banks’ lending models. Could P2P