tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post7919731337085158778..comments2024-03-05T10:52:24.691+00:00Comments on Mark Wadsworth: Half the truth = a complete lieMark Wadsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-36236741909394958102015-12-14T11:53:55.092+00:002015-12-14T11:53:55.092+00:00@ M
"FFS, if they are making losses anyway, ...@ M<br /><br />"FFS, if they are making losses anyway, why haven't they put up their rents?"<br /><br />Lol!<br /><br />As Robin Smith would say, it's because they are in deep denial. <br /><br />Once they admit they cannot pass on increases in costs, then that leads to thorny questions about what is it what they do that means they can't.<br /><br />After all, everyone else does.<br /><br />They keep the lid on that particular can of worms. Even if it means lying to themselves.benjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11544297406005346095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-91974023472162421822015-12-11T13:39:01.309+00:002015-12-11T13:39:01.309+00:00M, the IFS said, quite correctly, that the tax tak...M, the IFS said, quite correctly, that the tax take from a rented home is about £1,000 a year higher than from an owner-occupied one.<br /><br />The IFS never said anything as stupid as 'landlords will pass on higher tax or costs as higher rents' that is just homey propaganda bollocks.Mark Wadsworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07733511175178098449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141932539860553199.post-31477362728220173062015-12-11T13:24:13.971+00:002015-12-11T13:24:13.971+00:00" The tax changes introduced by the governmen..." The tax changes introduced by the government, however, will only drive up rents as landlords, many of whom do not make a profit on their properties, seek to recoup the extra costs"<br />FFS, if they are making losses anyway, why haven't they put up their rents?<br />"The Institute for Fiscal Studies agrees, as do countless landlords who have said so in survey after survey by the RLA."<br />Would love to see the actual statement from the IFS - who have published a paper on how business rates cannot be passed on in the long run.<br />mombershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650866436764567516noreply@blogger.com