Dec
28
U.K. Property Sales-Tax Increase to Include Overseas Homeowners
ByThe U.K. government’s plan to increase sales taxes on second homes in Britain will also apply to people who live abroad.
From April, buyers of second homes and buy-to-let properties in the U.K. will be subject to stamp-duty sales tax that’s 3 percentage points higher than those who are buying a home to live in, U.K. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne announced inNovember. In deciding whether an individual is purchasing an additional home, the government will also consider assets outside the U.K., according to a consultation document published on Monday…
U.K. Property Sales-Tax Increase to Include Overseas Homeowners
