Non resident landlord for short term

Non resident landlord for short term

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I have a client who is going to work abroad for about 5 months in Spain and is then planning to come back to UK. She is planning to rent her flat in the UK out whilst she is away.

Will she still need to complete a NRL1 form even though she is away for less than a tax year?

Or does she have to do the NRL1 and the SATR

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By tebthereb
15th Feb 2015 22:06

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Will she be non-resident then?

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By arthurallan
15th Feb 2015 22:08

She will be living in Spain for 5 months and then returning so I think she will still be UK resident in this case which is why I think the NRL1 isn't needed just a SATR

Would you agree

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By tebthereb
15th Feb 2015 22:23

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I was initially thinking no issue if resident in the UK although, having checked, NRLS can still apply if resident but outside the UK more than six months.

As your client will be resident and outside the UK less than 6 months though, then it doesn't sound like an issue.

SA return would be quite sufficient.

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By Portia Nina Levin
25th Apr 2015 17:46

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By tebthereb
17th Feb 2015 08:19

Wow

Portia Nina Levin wrote:

If the previous respondent had bothered to provide a link to (presumably) HMRC's made up 6 month rule, you might even have referred them to that.

Is it really necessary to speak to people like this? We are all just here trying to help each other.

The 6 month rule may be made up by HMRC (I haven't checked if they are right, as it seemed that in this case the NRLS didn't apply) but it is one of the first statements they make in their online guidance.

My conclusion was also that there is no NRLS requirements to follow so I don't understand why you seem to have objected to my comments.

 

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By Portia Nina Levin
25th Apr 2015 17:47

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By tebthereb
17th Feb 2015 20:39

Why has the problem been approached by the wrong direction? I would like to understand where I went wrong. My view was just that NRLS wasn't relevant here and that this was the end of the story. I feel I am missing the point (happens a lot). Telling me I am wrong is fine, telling me why is better.

I only referred to HMRC's guidance when you asked where the 6 month rule came from. I had already expressed the opinion that I didn't think that NRLS was an issue here. I like to think I am not blindly reliant on HMRC's guidance, but I don't see a lot wrong in having a gut feeling about something and then relaxing when HMRC's guidance says nothing to contradict it.

You're right I could have provided a link, I apologise for not doing so although having said that the bit I referred to is easily found being on the first result that comes up if you Google "non resident landlord scheme" which I had (unwisely I suppose) assumed anyone would have done. Harder to find is the source for the comments you have made - where is the link to the source material supporting what you have said? I am not being flippant, I would genuinely like to know the basis for your view here, and if the OP would appreciate a link to the idiot guidance then no doubt they will very much like to see this too.

"Objections" was the wrong choice of word by me in the context. When you made the comments "oh look! A horse following a cart" and "if the previous respondent had bothered" these felt like unnecessary. They don't seem like comments plainly telling someone they are wrong. As I have no personal issue with you, I guessed you had "objected" to comments I had made even if you hadn't directly expressed such an objection.

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