Written questions

Landlords: Tax Allowances

Commons · Question 33081 · Tabled 24 Feb 2025 · Treasury · Official record

Answered 4 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Munira Wilson

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes in mortgage interest tax relief on private landlords since the inception of those measures in April 2017.

Answer

Answered by James Murray, 4 Mar 2025

The previous government phased in a set of reforms to restrict finance cost relief to the equivalent of the basic rate of income tax. Before these reforms, it was available at a landlord’s marginal rate. As a result, all individual landlords now receive t...