3 Things to Know When Hiring Property Accountants

It can be difficult to juggle your many responsibilities as a landlord or property owner. At the end of the day, you probably don’t have much time left to really focus on the financial aspect of running and owning real estate. Consider hiring qualified property accountants who can manage your finances, develop expense, budget, and income reports, and help you file tax returns. You can achieve a higher return on investment and greater cost efficiency by allowing specialised accountants manage your property investments. Just be sure to hire the right property accountant for best results. Here are three things to know when hiring property accountants:

1. Experience in real estate – Since you are hiring professionals for the financial management of your real estate portfolio, it makes sense to find out if they have the relevant real estate experience needed to understand the tasks involved in property accounting. Hence, explore their work history (i.e. businesses they have worked with and their accomplishments), ask for references, and verify their experience. Seasoned property accountants serve as your financial advisors and risk analyst to help you find the best property resources to optimise potential.

2. Services – Property accountants are able to help different clients across a wide spectrum of property-related transactions and tasks of any scale, including taxation and revenue generation. They offer services like capital gains maximisation and implications, VAT planning, stamp duty and land tax, financing property transactions, estate inheritance, and tax planning. Likewise, they can help you with allowances (i.e. claims, reviews, and reliefs), treatment of tax in relation to projects, and tax treatment on renting.

3. Skills – Specialised accountants are flexible and capable of working with commercial, residential, and private property owners. They practise the creation of meticulous business plans and exhaustive planning to help you maximise your profit margins. They understand that property markets tend to be volatile, so, they offer financial services that can make the most of your resources and minimize your risks. You can count on property accountants to provide you with relevant tax structures, comparative studies, and fund optimisation reviews to help you make the most of your hard work. They are able to help you focus on your business and run it well by taking care of the books for you.

Allenby Accountants is an independent accounting firm, located in Uxbridge, West London. We are accountants, business advisers, offering financial services and helping you to achieve your business ambitions.