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Autumn Budget 2025: ‘Property Taxes: It Could Have Been Worse’ - Elizabeth Bradley Quoted in the Tax Journal
Dec 04, 2025Summary
Elizabeth Bradley, Global Practice Group Leader for our Tax, Employee Benefits and Private Client practice authored an article ‘Property taxes: it could have been worse’ in the Tax Journal on 27 November 2025 which analysed the impact of the Autumn 2025 budget on the real estate sector.
"Given the kite flying since August, you could expect the real estate industry to take a collective sigh of relief today. Many of the more radical ideas did not come to pass, such as removing the exemption from CGT on selling a main home of a higher value.
As expected, we have had it confirmed that a ‘mansion’ is indeed a property worth at least £2m. Those owning the mansions will be relieved that the council tax surcharge will start at £2,500, operate in bands and be capped at £7,500 for properties of over £5m."
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