The landlord accountant who knows property tax.

Most accountants can file a tax return. Far fewer understand property, and with rental income that gap costs you money.

They treat a new boiler the same as fixing the old one. They miss the way mortgage interest relief now works. They never ask whether your portfolio belongs in a company. So you either overpay, or you claim something HMRC later disallows.

A specialist landlord accountant works the other way round. We know property tax, so we know where landlords lose money and where they get caught out. We do not just record your rents and costs. We make sure the numbers are right and the bill is as low as the rules allow.

Rental profit is your rent received, less the costs of letting the property. Get the costs right and you pay tax on the true profit, not a penny more.

The catch is the line between a repair and an improvement. A repair to put something back as it was is an allowable expense against your rental income. An improvement that betters the property is capital, and it counts later against Capital Gains Tax instead. Get this wrong and HMRC will, sooner or later, notice.

As an accountant for landlords, we sort your costs into the right boxes and claim everything you are genuinely owed.

Hold property in your own name and the rental profit is taxed through Self Assessment, alongside your other income. It is simple, and for many landlords it is the right answer.

Hold it through a limited company instead and the company pays Corporation Tax on its profit, with finance costs treated differently to personal ownership. You then draw money out as salary and dividends, which brings its own tax. Many landlords with larger or growing portfolios look hard at this route.

But incorporating is not free. Moving existing property into a company can trigger Capital Gains Tax and Stamp Duty, and a company means annual accounts at Companies House and tighter record-keeping. The benefit has to clear those costs.

The honest answer is: it depends on your income, your borrowing and your plans. We model both before you commit, so you decide with real numbers in front of you, not a rule of thumb from a forum.

Sell a rental property for more than you paid and you have a capital gain, and HMRC wants its share. For residential property there is a tight deadline to report the gain and pay the tax after completion, separate from your normal tax return.

The gain is not simply your sale price less your purchase price. You can take off buying and selling costs and the capital improvements you made over the years, which is exactly why we track those improvements as they happen rather than scrambling for receipts at the end.

Reliefs may also reduce the bill, particularly if the property was once your own home. We work out the gain, apply every relief you are due, and make sure you meet the reporting deadline so a late filing penalty never lands on top.

Most landlords pay between £99 and £199 a month, with the fee set by the size of your portfolio, not by the hour.

No hourly rates. No surprise bills at year-end. One fixed fee, a named, qualified accountant who knows property, and a 30-day money-back guarantee.