Question to the HM Treasury:

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of changes in tax liabilities and reliefs on small-scale furnished holiday let operators transitioning to long-term residential letting; and what the difference in tax relief will be between (a) the current Furnished Holiday Lettings tax regime and (b) the standard residential letting arrangements from April 2025.

The Government will abolish the Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHL) tax regime from April 2025. The FHL tax regime has created a distortion that favours short-term holiday lets over longer-term rentals. Abolishing it will equalise the tax treatment of FHL and non-FHL landlords’ income and gains, making the tax system fairer.

Tax reliefs will still be available to individuals providing furnished holiday letting services, including mortgage interest relief at 20 per cent and relief for the replacement of domestic items. These reliefs will be at the same level as those available to landlords who provide long-term residential lets.