April 22,

Property Tax overseas properties letting

Property Tax  overseas properties letting

 If you live and pay tax in the UK you must declare rental income from overseas property lettings on the foreign pages of your tax return. If you pay foreign tax on the income, you can usually get credit for this against the UK tax you have to pay on it.

Tax  you pay in the UK on property lettings.

Declaring income from overseas properties letting

You should declare any income you get from overseas property lettings on the supplementary foreign pages found in a Self Assessment tax return.

How much tax you'll pay depends on whether you're 'resident' in the UK and 'ordinarily resident' or 'domiciled person.

please note.

  1. if you're in the UK for 183 days or more in a tax year, you're a 'resident' for that year for tax purposes
  2. if you come to live in the UK permanently or to remain for three years or more you're resident from the date of arrival
  3. you're also treated as resident if you're in the UK for an average of 91 days or more in a tax year (worked out over a maximum of four consecutive tax years)  Then you are resident.

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 Letting agent's fees

  1. legal fees for lets of a year or less, or for renewing a lease for less than 50 years
  2. accountant's fees
  3. buildings and contents insurance
  4. interest on property loans
  5. maintenance and repairs (but not improvements)
  6. utility bills (like gas, water, electricity)
  7. rent, ground rent, service charges
  8. Other Tax
  9. services you pay for, like cleaning or gardening
  10. other direct costs of letting the property, like phone calls, stationery, advertising. 

If your annual income from the letting of a property is less than £15,000 (before you've taken off expenses) you include the total expenses on your tax return; if the property is £15,000 or over you need to provide a breakdown.

Under the new 2007 rules Spain and the Uk exchange information on tax and purchases and bills paid via banks.

 

If you let out a furnished holiday resort or other wise home in the UK, your rental income may be treated differently for taxes purposes from other rental property income. However, your properties must keep to some rules which are to  qualifying

If you let out a furnished holiday home in the UK, your rental income may be treated differently for tax purposes from other rental income. However, your property must keep to some rules known as 'qualifying tests'.

Holiday or none resort holiday lettings rules.

To make sure your properties count as a holiday resort letting, this below must apply.

  1. Be in the UK
  2. Be furnished
  3. Be available for holiday letting to the public for at least 140 days a year
  4. Be actually let as a holiday let for at least 70 days a year. Please note these must be commercial contracted lets not at cheap rates to friends or family.
  5. All holiday lets must be in each case.
  6. A short term lets of not more than 31 days
  7. The only lets for at least 210 days . 211 days in a leap year.

These other rules apply.

You are not allowed to let the properties as a holiday let to the same party for more than 31 days in the calender year.

However, if you meet these qualifying tests for 210 or 211 days there are no controls on longer lets in the remaining 155 days So these longer lets do not count as holiday lets in the same year.

What is or would be taxable profits

Your profits on UK or resort holiday lettings is worked out in the same way as for other property rental income, except that you claim 'capital allowances' rather than a 'wear and tear' allowable amount.

Examples of expenses costs that qualify for capital allowances include the cost of  interior furnishings and furniture, and other household type equipment  fridge washer dryers.

You can learn more about capital allowances and working out profits for UK holiday lettings in our related article on expenses and allowances and in the land and properties tax return on property.

Should a property not qualify as a holiday let, you will be taxed as normal for residential property lettings.

 On all UK holiday lettings, you can realise a tax advantage if you make a loss on your earnings from the property, and when you sell the property you only need to.     email James for the up to date rules and applications.  propertycasa@gmail.com

 Any loss can be offset against your other income, not just the properties income, reducing your overall tax bill. Or you can carry the loss forward and offset it against future property letting profit.

You need to declare any property rental income from furnished holiday lettings using the land and properties pages of your Self Assessment tax return.  You posiblly will not receive an invite automatically the penalties will apply for not declaring a property.

Some expenses relating to the property can be taken into account to reduce your tax bill. For a detailed list of expenses you can deduct and those you can't, see our other property related article and the notes to the land and property pages. www.propertycasa.com

You need to declare your rental income from furnished holiday lettings using the land and property pages of your Self Assessment tax return. If you don't receive one automatically, contact your local Tax Office, or register online at the HMRC website                                      Property Tax  overseas properties lettings                    Plan a visit or inspection contact us with your flight details daily page changes .property rental mallorca village location owners direct or holiday lettings james mobile mallorca uk

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