Joint income - Revenue treatment

Joint income - Revenue treatment

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I have a client that has recently returned from working in Saudi (retired). His wife was with him and has also just become UK resident.

They have a joint foreign source of income from which no tax is deducted at source. She has very little income (barely into the basic rate band) and this will continue unless her husband dies.

The Revenue verbally told me that it would be ok in future to declare all of this income on his return and so she could be removed from the requirement to file her own tax returns. (She doesn't have employment or pension income so any adjustment cannot be coded out).

However they have just sent a letter saying that this isn't possible and a form 17 will be required (which says that you cannot do this will income from bank and building society accounts, only property income).

Does anyone have any suggestions as to how to get around this? There is no loss of tax to the Revenue involved and in fact if he slips into the higher rate band they will receive more. They obviously like lots of unnecessary paperwork at Centre 1 East Kilbride.
Rachel

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