New Rules
Home Mortgages
April sees the MMR (Mortgage Market Review) come into force including waves of change around affordability rules. Those lenders who haven’t already implemented increased affordability checks will do so, as part of applicant stress testing and scrutiny.
Commercial Transactions
Claims made for tax relief on plant and fixtures within property using capital gains, will alter after 1 April 2014 where allowances have been included in a Fixed Value Requirement or Disposal Value Statement.
Finance Bill 2014
From draft legislation there will be changes to the taxation of partnerships and pension tax relief additionally, (not yet published) capital gains tax on the disposal of certain properties by non-residents.
Building Standards
NHBC Standards are changing rules relating to ventilation and heat recovery, fireplaces and chimneys, with design life of timber retaining walls being part of clarifying technical requirements.
London
LFB (London Fire Brigade) is to charge businesses £290 for call-outs if they attend more than 10 false alarms in a 12 month period in response to a vast amount of wasted time spent attending triggered automatic fire alarm systems.
(No connection to business or finance whatsoever) Simply Interesting for some
F1 will see V6 Turbo engines instead of the 2.4 litre V8s – engine recovery is going to the rear wheels where there will be harder compound tyres of lower nosed, heavier, single exhaust cars .
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