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Tax liabilities for UK property when we sell ??????

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Old Oct 3rd 2016, 8:29 pm
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Originally Posted by bfishwick
Also, you would think that the money you make when selling your UK property if you use it to pay off some or all of your mortgage here in Canada you would not be taxed the same, because technically you are not making any Capital gains !!!!!
Of course you are making a gain. You sell for more than you piad, there is a gain, regardless of how you apply the proceeds. You can offset CGT against capital losses, but not against a mortgage, which is just a loan.
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The other thing you can do is to make RRSP contributions. This helped us. Depends what your limit is. We hadn't made any up to last year so it was a good opportunity to do so.

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Old Oct 4th 2016, 5:13 am
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Thanks for to all for your answers.
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