Property accounting across the three jurisdictions that tax it most differently.
The UK restricts interest relief and taxes gains within 60 days. The UAE has no personal tax on rent but VAT on commercial property and corporate tax on companies. The US withholds on non-residents and depreciates over 27.5 years. Investors with property in two of these need one team that knows all three.
Four mistakes we fix in the first month.
The wrong ownership structure
Personal, company, partnership or trust, in which country: the choice made at purchase decides the tax for decades and is expensive to change.
Gains reported late
The UK's 60-day rule catches residents and non-residents alike. Penalties start immediately.
Interest relief assumed
UK residential landlords get a 20 percent credit, not a deduction. Higher-rate taxpayers with mortgages are routinely surprised by the bill.
Foreign income undeclared at home
A UK resident's Dubai apartment is UK-taxable. A US person's London flat is US-taxable. Residence, not location, decides.
Built for the sector, not adapted to it.
- Rental accounts by property with finance costs and capital expenditure classified correctly
- SPV and property company accounts and tax, including the incorporation decision
- Capital gains computations and 60-day reporting; FIRPTA and non-resident withholding
- UAE VAT on commercial property and corporate tax on property companies
- Development project accounting with cost tracking and stage-of-completion
- Short-let and serviced accommodation treatment in each country
Usually these.
In roughly this order of importance for real estate & property.
Property & Real Estate Accounting
Landlords, developers and investors: rental accounts, capital gains, SPVs and cross-border property tax.
Personal Tax & Self Assessment
UK Self Assessment for directors, sole traders, landlords and non-residents with UK income.
UK Corporation Tax
CT600 prepared, planned and filed, with the marginal-rate band and reliefs actually used.
VAT Returns & Compliance
UK and UAE VAT registration, returns and scheme selection, filed digitally and on time.
International Tax & Transfer Pricing
Structuring across the UK, UAE and US, transfer pricing documentation, permanent establishment and double tax relief.
Company Formation
UK Ltd, UAE mainland or free zone, US LLC or C-corp: formed correctly, with tax registrations and bank account support.
I am UK-resident and bought an apartment in Dubai. What do I owe?
UK income tax on the rental profit, declared on your Self Assessment as foreign property income. The UAE charges nothing, so there is no foreign tax credit. UK capital gains tax applies when you sell.
Should I hold UK property through a company?
For a higher-rate taxpayer with mortgaged property, often yes, because the company deducts interest in full. Transferring existing property triggers stamp duty and capital gains, so it usually applies to new purchases. We model your portfolio.
Talk to someone who has done real estate books before.
Thirty minutes, no pitch deck. Tell us the entities and the countries, and we will tell you honestly what applies and what it costs.