Keith Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Hello everybody, We have just sold our french house and the notaire has withheld money because of capital gains until we get a certificate of "Confirmation of residency and UK liability" from HMRC. Does anybody know where and how to get one of the certificates? Many thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menthe Posted October 7, 2022 Share Posted October 7, 2022 Would the notaire not know the answer to your question? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Or maybe a call to HMRC? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Actually, some years ago, when I sold a house, it was assessed for French capital gains (nil, because I had owned it for long enough), and then by HMRC - and I had to pay capital gains tax in the U.K. This last was mitigated a great deal by my being able to provide HMRC with sheafs of receipts from French builder/plumber/carpenter etc relating to the extensive work we had done on the house to make it habitable. So hopefully you have some of those to reduce any apparent gains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssomon Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 CGT is due in France. See UK/France Tax Convention HERE , Article 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gardian Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 Well indeed Loiseau. I mean ........ if the notaire has said that you need ‘whatever’ from HMRC, then surely that’s where you need to go? Maybe searching on the document you quoted will get you more directly to the people there that you need, but it’s predictable that it’ll be a bit of a nightmare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssomon Posted October 8, 2022 Share Posted October 8, 2022 9 minutes ago, Loiseau said: Actually, some years ago, when I sold a house, it was assessed for French capital gains (nil, because I had owned it for long enough), and then by HMRC - and I had to pay capital gains tax in the U.K. This last was mitigated a great deal by my being able to provide HMRC with sheafs of receipts from French builder/plumber/carpenter etc relating to the extensive work we had done on the house to make it habitable. So hopefully you have some of those to reduce any apparent gains. Maybe that was before the double taxation convention came into force? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loiseau Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 It was late 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssomon Posted October 12, 2022 Share Posted October 12, 2022 Oh well. I suppose everything depends on individual details of residence and the interpretation of the Treaty. It has always worked out for me as I expected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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