Expat Mortgage Brokers for UK Property
Mar 24th 2016, 9:09 am
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Re: Expat Mortgage Brokers for UK Property
So the "basic rate band" is the 20% band which people will initially pay tax at after personal allowance. As earnings increase people go into the higher bands.
As a example of the figures. Let's presume you are a higher tax rate payer due to your employment income. But you also earn £1,700 in rent, have £200 of maintenance expenses and pay £500 in mortgage interest.
Prior to the changes the higher rate tax payer would pay tax of (1700-200-500) @40% = £400
Now the interest can only be relieved at the basic rate so the tax payer would pay tax of (1700-200)@40% minus 500@20% = £500.
So higher rate taxpayer is £100 worse off.
Mar 24th 2016, 9:32 am
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Re: Expat Mortgage Brokers for UK Property
I did not mention "basic interest". I said that interest could only be offset at the basic rate (meaning basic tax rate).
So the "basic rate band" is the 20% band which people will initially pay tax at after personal allowance. As earnings increase people go into the higher bands.
As a example of the figures. Let's presume you are a higher tax rate payer due to your employment income. But you also earn £1,700 in rent, have £200 of maintenance expenses and pay £500 in mortgage interest.
Prior to the changes the higher rate tax payer would pay tax of (1700-200-500) @40% = £400
Now the interest can only be relieved at the basic rate so the tax payer would pay tax of (1700-200)@40% minus 500@20% = £500.
So higher rate taxpayer is £100 worse off.
So the "basic rate band" is the 20% band which people will initially pay tax at after personal allowance. As earnings increase people go into the higher bands.
As a example of the figures. Let's presume you are a higher tax rate payer due to your employment income. But you also earn £1,700 in rent, have £200 of maintenance expenses and pay £500 in mortgage interest.
Prior to the changes the higher rate tax payer would pay tax of (1700-200-500) @40% = £400
Now the interest can only be relieved at the basic rate so the tax payer would pay tax of (1700-200)@40% minus 500@20% = £500.
So higher rate taxpayer is £100 worse off.
Mar 25th 2016, 6:34 am
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Re: Expat Mortgage Brokers for UK Property
Not too sure about brokers, but you do realise that the laws on buy-to-let have changed very recently or are about o, and also the rules on taxation of them, so it might be a good idea, if you haven't already done so, to familiarise yourself with them. A number of UK owners of rental properties have already said that with the new regulations they are going to have to sell up.
Cheers.
