BUZZ ACCOUNTINGSelf Assessment for non-residents
UK income doesn't stop being taxable because you left. Rental income, UK dividends, pensions, director's fees, final-year salary — we prepare the whole return, including the residence pages HMRC's website can't file.
If you have UK income and live abroad, you'll usually still have a UK return to file — and it's a harder return than the one you filed when you lived here, because it now includes the SA109 residence pages: your residence status under the Statutory Residence Test, split-year claims, treaty claims, and your personal allowance position.
Who this is for
- Expats with UK rental income, dividends from a UK company, or UK pension income.
- Directors of UK companies living abroad.
- People in their year of departure or return — the split-year rules decide how much of that year the UK can tax, and getting the claim right is usually worth more than the fee.
- Anyone HMRC has sent a notice to file, wherever they live.
What's included
- The full return including SA109 — filed with commercial software (HMRC's free online filing doesn't support the residence pages; miss that and you're stuck with a 31 October paper deadline).
- A Statutory Residence Test position for the year, documented, so your status doesn't rest on guesswork.
- Treaty relief claims where the UK shouldn't be taxing something at all.
- A computation your local adviser can use for foreign tax credit where you live.
One more thing people miss: student loans. Move abroad and you're required to tell the Student Loans Company and repay against local thresholds — we'll flag it if it applies.
£299 a year. £349 with a rental property.
Fixed, agreed in writing before we start. Two or more services together? Ask for the bundle quote.
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Can't I just use HMRC's website like I used to?＋
No — HMRC's own online filing doesn't support the SA109 residence pages, which are exactly the pages that make you non-resident. Your options are paper by 31 October, commercial software, or an agent. We file by software with the full 31 January deadline.
I left part-way through the year. What happens to that year?＋
It usually splits: a UK part and an overseas part, under the split-year rules. Done right it typically produces a PAYE refund on your final payslips; done wrong the UK taxes income it shouldn't.
What do you need from me each year?＋
A short questionnaire, your day counts, and the documents that exist anyway — agent statements, dividend vouchers, pension P60s. Most clients spend under an hour on it a year.
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