Tax thoughts

Another internet question that appeared recently where a non UK resident was getting a little confused related to a house he had inherited a share of.

I will probably do a podcast soon again with Survive France - its a nice and friendly network that does not treat everyone who asks a question as stupid.

A newsfeed I subscribe to reminded me the annual deadline for registering for self assessment in the UK is near. It gives eight good reasons why you may need to register - worth a read if UK resident.

So at last we have news on the Landlord database. It is going live by end of this year with phased rollout by region. Significant fines for non compliance. However, what has this got to do with Tax?

Another thought prompted by a client discussion and help out. Of course no names.

Making Tax Digital for Income Tax launched in the UK from April 2026. It applies only to people with relevant gross income (property and self employed) over £50,000. There were a number of exemptions - in particular, if you were resident abroad and filling in your UK tax return correctly, you were exempted.

Most people have never heard of a P85 form. For someone moving to France its quite an important HMRC form.

Another familiar case this week - property needing declaring properly in the UK by non-residents.

Another familiar topic came up this week. A very-switched on prospective client was reviewing their affairs and telling me about their UK Government pension. When I probed a bit more, it was from the NHS. So not a government pension per HMRC - for French residents it is taxed in France, not the UK!

This topic came up in the French Parliament this week. Net the position is still not really that clear unfortunately;