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Property, 'foreigners' stamp-duty surcharge to hit UK expats!

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Property, 'foreigners' stamp-duty surcharge to hit UK expats!

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Postby DiamondEcho » October 3rd, 2018, 3:02 pm

This has just crossed my radar, and looks like one of 'not thought through' government plans...
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'The Government’s plan to increase stamp duty for overseas buyers could impact British expats and deter much-needed investment, according to tax and housing experts.
Theresa May announced plans this week to add a new stamp duty levy of up to 3pc on people and firms buying property in this country but not paying tax. ...
But the move could punish British expats looking to buy a home to move back to, according to Philip Munro of Withers, a law firm.
Mr Munro said: “British expats are one of the groups potentially adversely affected by this measure, if it is implemented. UK expats are, by definition, non-UK resident, but will often consider the purchase of a property to live in on their return to the UK.”...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tax/news/co ... duty-plan/

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Re: Property, 'foreigners' stamp-duty surcharge to hit UK expats!

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Postby onslow » October 8th, 2018, 7:15 am

Usual rent seeking from various interests.

Numerous countries have higher levels of transfer tax/stamp duty for non residents. Deters overseas buying to an extent.Australia is a good example - the money rasied helps fund public services and at the same time reduces demand for housing. If you are an Australian citixen - regardless of where you live- you are not caught up by these rules so expats are not impacted.

UKs property problems are greater than just this, however this cant hurt.

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Re: Property, 'foreigners' stamp-duty surcharge to hit UK expats!

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Postby JonE » April 1st, 2019, 10:51 am

onslow wrote:If you are an Australian citixen - regardless of where you live- you are not caught up by these rules so expats are not impacted.


The UK proposal covers residential property in England & NI and looks at residence (in whole of UK) rather than citizenship. In the case of joint purchasers, the surcharge applies if any one individual is not UK resident. The term 'non-UK resident' needs some care as for this purpose it means anyone who spends fewer than 183 days in the UK in the 12 months ending with the effective date of the transaction.

The consultation was published 7 weeks ago and remains open for another 5 weeks. It mentions exemption for Crown Employees subject to UK Income Tax (diplomats, forces personnel, etc.). There is also mention of a refund if the purchaser (or all purchasers if property not bought in single name) resides in the UK for >=183 days in the 12 months after effective date of the transaction.

PDF (which I haven't yet studied in full) is downloadable from here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultat ... nsultation

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