Real Estate Tax

Real estate transactions need to be closely analysed to avoid unnecessary tax leakages and to minimise your overall costs.

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Why choose Irwin Mitchell to help with real estate tax?

Our real estate tax lawyers can make sure that your transactions are structured in a way that best suits your profile. We’ll work closely with you to understand your requirements and to provide a service which is tailored to your needs.

We can advise on the tax implications of a wide range of real estate transactions and related structures, including:

  • Joint ventures
  • Real estate funds
  • Corporate real estate transactions
  • Regeneration and development projects.

We regularly work with investors (UK and non-UK), occupiers, and developers both in the private sector and public sector. We also work with charities and educational establishments. Our team can help you with a variety of tax issues, including:

  • Stamp Duty
  • Stamp Duty Land Tax
  • Capital Allowances
  • VAT
  • The Construction Industry Scheme
  • Capital Gains Tax
  • Corporation Tax
  • Income Tax
  • The Non-Resident Landlord Scheme.

By coming to us, you’ll experience a partner-led service which guarantees consistently high-quality advice.

Our real estate tax team has experience dealing with a huge variety of real estate transactions. We regularly advise on deals worth more than £100 million.

We’ll help you get a deeper understanding of tax legislation that could affect your business. This’ll help you run your organisation as efficiently as possible.

When we’re discussing everything with you, we’ll speak in plain English and avoid using legal jargon. Our advice will always be straightforward to make sure you can make an informed commercial decision.

We’ll work closely with other teams within the business, such as real estate, finance, corporate, and commercial specialists. This’ll give you comprehensive advice on any deal, from the initial structuring to completion.

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Fergal Dowling
Fergal Dowling
Managing Partner - Business Services Group

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