Tax

UK property is taxed at purchase, on the rent, on sale, on death and, in some cases, every year it is held, and a buyer from the Gulf pays most of it without any home-country tax to credit. These guides set out each tax with the 2026 rates, the rules that catch an overseas owner (the 2 per cent non-resident surcharge, the 183-day test, the 60-day capital gains return, the inheritance tax exposure most Gulf families do not expect, the council tax premium on a summer home), and worked examples on a £1,000,000 flat. They also answer the question every adviser is asked: own name, joint names or a company, and what the Register of Overseas Entities now requires of a company. Figures are checked against GOV.UK on the date in each guide.