RELOCATION BLOG
Do You Have to Pay Tax?
When renting a residential property in the UK, the tenant must pay Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) if the rent is over a certain rental amount in England and Northern Ireland, Land and Buildings Transaction Tax (LBTT) in Scotland, or Land Transaction Tax (LTT) in Wales (as of 1st April 2018).
The value thresholds are £125,000 in England and Northern Ireland, £145,000 in Scotland, and £180,000 in Wales (as of 1st April 2018).
Are you relocating employees to the UK? Here we try to make the subject of relocation taxation a little clearer for you to understand.
If your organisation is considering relocating an employee to the UK or is already contributing towards employee relocation costs, the organisation will incur certain tax, National Insurance and reporting obligations, so you need to be aware of which relocation costs incur tax and what needs to be reported to HMRC.
The Government adverts tell us that "tax needn't be taxing". Well it is and UK domestic employee relocation costs are no exception. The subject of tax is almost as confusing as the British electorate but here we will try to make the subject a little clearer to understand.
If your organisation contributes towards employee relocation costs, the organisation has certain tax, National Insurance and reporting obligations, so you need to be aware of which relocation costs incur tax and what needs to be reported to HMRC. In terms of the technicalities of reporting, you can very happily leave that to your accounts department to deal with.
The Scottish rate of Income Tax (SRIT), introduced by the Scotland Act 2012, gives the Scottish Parliament the power to set a Scottish rate of income tax and to raise taxes on land transactions. The SRIT will be charged on the non-savings and non-dividend income of those defined as Scottish taxpayers and will start from April 2016.
