UK Tax support: Advice and Tax returns
Did you know....just because you live in France does not mean you escape UK Income tax. A typical case: if you rent out UK property you must still file a UK tax return - if not, HMRC will likely come looking for money, with penalties. Why have the worry or concern? Why also spend money on the software and try and figure out what to do? If you use an existing advisor, ask yourself if they (1) provide value for money (2) are qualified on UK tax. If not, why not change?
Also if you are moving to France from the UK, there are a number of watchouts / traps to avoid. We can help - both from knowledge of the rules and learnings of what not to do.
Houx Services offers two sorts of services:
1 - Tax returns:
(a) Simple service is a quality, fixed price service (EUR 179 all in, no TVA/VAT to add ) designed to handle people who live in France or other countries and have UK tax reporting needs e.g. for a UK property or properties they let out. It avoids a "pain point" that some providers have of making you do lots and lots of work to feed a "machine" by keeping your form filling to the minimum. It works via a short WhatsApp call to "get to know each other" and do legally-required due diligence, go through your needs, and then provide information to us in the simplest possible way for you. We can provide online filing in an HMRC-compliant way as a registered UK Tax agent (subject to you having a UK government login) or paper based returns.
(b) Simple Service Plus (from EUR 299 all in, no VAT/TVA to add) provides the simple service handling more complexity - for example moving from the UK to France during the year where earnings also have to be taken into account.
2 - Relocation Tax Guidance - this is for intended movers from the UK to France. This looks at your current assets / investments and gives tax-based advice on points you may want to think about, such as on ISAs, property and SIPPs. Provision of this is flexible, for example:
- a video call of 30 minutes to one hour [Microsoft Teams or similar] where you cover points relevant to you, followed by a memorandum where we discuss your current situation based on information you provide during the call; or
- an initial video call, sharing of information by you (a short questionnaire or a text email from you), a short report and a discussion afterwards with you covering off any questions.
Costs for these services are time based though agreed up front to avoid surprises. Typically, a 30 minute call by Teams covering a typical relocation (what should I do with my shares in my ISA, I have cash in a bank account) and a follow on document of key points would be ~EUR199 all in, no added TVA/VAT. A video call, info sharing, report and discussion would be ~EUR349. For very complex situations where deep research is required this will be discussed and agreed with you.
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Note also the advice is on the tax position and not advice on how to invest your money and in all cases to meet relevant laws a contract and basic due diligence will be needed.
Services for Making Tax Digital - coming later as HMRC clarifies the rules for non-residents - likely not before April 2027 based on November 2025 status.
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