who else can't sell house in Uk and has visa
#16
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We have no immediate plans to sell. Maybe in 5 years' time; maybe longer. I am aware that we'll be liable for CGT.
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I think you can ask the ATO for a ruling on how long they give you to bring your £££s into Oz (say 12 months). After that you will most certainly get taxed on money brought in at the difference between what the house was worth when you moved to Oz and the price you sold it for.
I'll try and find some old threads about this.
Found one:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...mary+residence
If you buy a house in Oz then your UK house is no longer your primary (owned) residence and will be subject to tax on selling (after a period of time).
I'll try and find some old threads about this.
Found one:
http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...mary+residence
If you buy a house in Oz then your UK house is no longer your primary (owned) residence and will be subject to tax on selling (after a period of time).
#18
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My house went up for sale in may 2007 and its still for sale.
Although if nowt happens in the next week its getting rented out. Enough is enough.
I'm now in brisbane on the dole, unable to find a job. Oh what a wonderful life eh
Jazzys
Although if nowt happens in the next week its getting rented out. Enough is enough.
I'm now in brisbane on the dole, unable to find a job. Oh what a wonderful life eh
Jazzys
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Yeah and the exchange rate is so depressingly low now. 30% gone like that - Woooosh!
So even selling now is not great.
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Well we're fixing up the house (and have been for ages) so if it doesn't sell for a good price, at least it will be sound enough to rent out and hopefully sell at some later stage.
Thing is though it would be nice to have the cash in Oz to use as deposit on a house there.
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e.g. if when you migrate you own a house worth £100,000 or AUD$175,000 then 6 months later the rate is 2/1, you sell for £100,000 which is then worth $200,000 are you liable for tax on the additional $25,000
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I still havent figured out if you pay tax on exchange rate fluctuations.
e.g. if when you migrate you own a house worth £100,000 or AUD$175,000 then 6 months later the rate is 2/1, you sell for £100,000 which is then worth $200,000 are you liable for tax on the additional $25,000
e.g. if when you migrate you own a house worth £100,000 or AUD$175,000 then 6 months later the rate is 2/1, you sell for £100,000 which is then worth $200,000 are you liable for tax on the additional $25,000
Yes you would be because it's a gain. That's why if you get a ruling from the ATO to bring you cash into Oz within a certain time frame (say within 12 months of moving) CGT won't apply and if the exchange rate improved, you'd score. If you sell after say 5 years and then bring the money to Oz, you'll pay CGT on the gain as well as any rise or fall in exchange rate. If you buy a house in Oz that is, because your primary owned residence is now in Oz.
So a lot of though and calculations need to be done.
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Yes, absolutely. We bought our Aussie house a couple of years before moving over and it would have been nice to reduce the mortgage further by selling the UK house.
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We are pretty much the same Hubby has been out of work 14 months; having said that he has been decorating to enable us to go on sale (we hadn't of touched the place since we had moved in some 15 years ago!!)
We went on sale in late November and accepted an offer just before Christmas. We now sit and wait
We too cannot do a thing as all the money is tied up in the property, we also need to pay off debts etc. and don't expect to go with shed loads of money, but enough to "hopefully" see us ok for 6 months.
We have had our Visa since Nov 2008.
Good luck, they say the housing market is picking up
We went on sale in late November and accepted an offer just before Christmas. We now sit and wait
We too cannot do a thing as all the money is tied up in the property, we also need to pay off debts etc. and don't expect to go with shed loads of money, but enough to "hopefully" see us ok for 6 months.
We have had our Visa since Nov 2008.
Good luck, they say the housing market is picking up
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What about all the debt that has to be sorted out of the money from the house sale? I am a little confused of how it all works.
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Ow so sorry to hear this. How are you managing it must be tuff. Is they nothing you can do are retrain for? Can you not go on a course? How long you been in Oz?
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Yes you would be because it's a gain. That's why if you get a ruling from the ATO to bring you cash into Oz within a certain time frame (say within 12 months of moving) CGT won't apply and if the exchange rate improved, you'd score. If you sell after say 5 years and then bring the money to Oz, you'll pay CGT on the gain as well as any rise or fall in exchange rate. If you buy a house in Oz that is, because your primary owned residence is now in Oz.
So a lot of though and calculations need to be done.
So a lot of though and calculations need to be done.
#28
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So if your lucky enough to sell your house before you go to Oz you will have to pay tax on it or am I not picking this up? But if you decide to leave most of your money from the sale of your house when debt has been payed etc do you pay tax on the money your bank transfers to Oz?
If you rent out the house for say 3 years after you move to Oz and then sell it, you will be liable for CGT on the profit you made in the three years after you moved to Oz and possibly more if you bought a house in Oz, as your UK house will be deemed to be an investment property and not a primary owned residence any longer.
EDIT: http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/co...tent/63517.htm
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If you sell your UK house (even if you made £1Million profit) when you move to Oz and take the money with you (and possibly up to 12 months after you move), you are deemed to be taking the money with you into Oz, so there is no tax payable at all in UK or Oz. It's all yours.
If you rent out the house for say 3 years after you move to Oz and then sell it, you will liable for CGT on the profit you made in the three years after you moved to Oz and possibly more if you bought a house in Oz, as your UK house will be deemed to be an investment property and not a primary owned residence any longer.
EDIT: http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/co...tent/63517.htm
If you rent out the house for say 3 years after you move to Oz and then sell it, you will liable for CGT on the profit you made in the three years after you moved to Oz and possibly more if you bought a house in Oz, as your UK house will be deemed to be an investment property and not a primary owned residence any longer.
EDIT: http://www.ato.gov.au/individuals/co...tent/63517.htm
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So we'll get a ruling from the ATO to say how long we have to take our house sale money to Oz before we are taxed on it and we'll abide by their ruling.