Landlord and property accounting

Accountants for landlords in Glasgow.

Specialist landlord accounting for Glasgow — ACCA-regulated, fixed-fee, with a named accountant on direct contact.

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Countify for Glasgow landlords

Local context
that actually matters.

Glasgow's rental market clusters around four distinct sub-markets, each with its own tax wrinkle. The G42 Govanhill / G41 Pollokshields HMO corridor draws students and young professionals from the south side; HMO licensing and the Repairing Standard inspections sit alongside the Section 24 hit, so we usually model these portfolios under both personal and incorporated structures before recommending. The G12 West End market around Glasgow University and Hillhead is heavily student-let, with summer void modelling and replacement-of-domestic-items relief doing real work. The G1–G2 city centre flats trend short-let, increasingly under Glasgow City Council's short-term-let licensing scheme that came into effect in 2023. And the East End regeneration zones around Dennistoun (G31) and the wider G40 area attract first-time portfolio landlords whose Section 24 exposure ramps the moment they take a higher-rate-tax salary. The Scottish ADS at 8% on each acquisition past the first now dominates the math on portfolio growth — every new buy needs ADS modelled into the deal before offer.

Sector context

What landlord accounting actually involves.

Landlord tax has shifted hard against personally-held portfolios over the last decade: Section 24 has restricted mortgage interest to a 20% basic-rate tax credit since 2020, the Furnished Holiday Lettings regime was abolished from April 2025, and the Scottish Additional Dwelling Supplement (ADS) jumped to 8% on 5 December 2024. Higher-rate landlords with leveraged portfolios are now often paying tax on rental income that produces almost no actual cash. Countify models the incorporation question with the real-cost arithmetic (SDLT/LBTT on transfer, ADS exposure, refinancing costs, ongoing CT and dividend tax), files Non-Resident Landlord Scheme (NRLS) returns where relevant, and handles ATED for portfolios held in companies.

How we help Glasgow landlords

Landlord-specific scope, fixed fees.

Section 24 modelling and incorporation review

We run the numbers on whether moving the portfolio into a Ltd actually saves tax once SDLT/LBTT, ADS, refinancing and CT are accounted for.

Self-assessment with property pages (SA105)

Rental income, allowable expenses, finance cost tax reducer, capital allowances on FHL conversions and replacement of domestic items relief.

Capital Gains Tax on disposal

60-day CGT-on-property returns prepared and filed, including PPR/lettings relief and incidental costs.

Non-Resident Landlord Scheme and ATED

NRLS approval applications, annual NRLY/NRL6 returns, and ATED relief claims for residential property held in a company.

Questions we hear weekly

Landlords FAQs.

Should I move my rental portfolio into a limited company?

Often, but rarely on the simple income-tax-saving argument alone. Once you cost in SDLT/LBTT on the property transfer (which counts as a connected-party disposal at market value), Scottish ADS at 8% on each transferred property, refinancing fees, ongoing CT and dividend tax on extraction, the break-even is usually a higher-rate landlord with a 5+ property portfolio that they intend to retain and grow. Incorporation relief under TCGA s162 can defer CGT on the transfer but is fact-specific. We model it with your real portfolio numbers before recommending.

What happened to the FHL regime in 2025?

The Furnished Holiday Lettings regime was abolished from 6 April 2025. Former FHL income is now treated as ordinary property income: no full mortgage interest deduction, no plant-and-machinery capital allowances, no Business Asset Disposal Relief on sale, no pension-contribution counting. Existing FHL losses fold into the ordinary property business. If you ran FHLs through 2024/25, the final FHL return is the last chance to use FHL-specific reliefs.

Does the Scottish rent cap affect my tax position?

Indirectly. The Scottish private-rented sector rent-cap legislation (Cost of Living Act and successor provisions) limits between-tenancy rent increases in Scotland; it does not directly change tax rules. But if you cannot pass cost inflation through to rent, the Section 24 effect bites harder on higher-rate landlords, which strengthens the incorporation case for some Scottish portfolios.

When do I have to file a 60-day CGT return?

Whenever a UK residential property disposal produces a CGT liability for a UK-resident individual, you must report and pay within 60 days of completion via HMRC's UK Property Account. Disposals at a loss, or fully covered by Principal Private Residence relief, don't need a 60-day return — but most landlord disposals do. We prepare and file the 60-day return alongside your self-assessment.

Countify supports Glasgow landlords from 5 St. Vincent Place, Glasgow.

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