tax on rentals

[ninjapirate]

quick question, if your paying 40% tax, do you pay that on any rental income?

[paul.lovejoy]

i would assume you have to pay tax on any form of income unless you can say its someone elses ie wife etc who may be on a lower tax bracket........i would hope i was wrong but sadly dont think i am 40% is a killer

[ninjapirate]

yeh, tbh i think its wishful thinking 

[paul.lovejoy]

but surely you are able to offset the expense ie interest on morgage payments for the property insurance and maintainance

eg i am self employed but i can offset interest on say my van loan plus any expense within reason required to earn my profit/income

would have thought the inland revenue would have a paper on it

[paul.lovejoy]

heres a couple

http://www.property-tax-portal.co.uk/taxarticle43.shtml

http://www.taxfix.co.uk/forum/articles/inland-revenue-tax-returns-for-property-owners.html

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/pimmanual/index.htm

good luck

[Andy B]

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40% is a killer

But you've got to earn it to pay it    although I don't think the bar is set anything like high enough.