Council tax & CCing

[Mick in Bangkok]

Prompted by another members post on a similar topic but not wanting to hijack the thread I was hoping to get some clarification on the following;

 Myself and my wife live overseas and are gearing up to return to UK to retire on a canal boat for CCing. We may only live in UK for 6 to 9 months of the year and will place our boat in storage at a marina while overseas during the winter.

 Would we be subject to any council tax or other tax apart from income tax from property rental income?

 Thanks for any advice

 Mick

[BEngo]

You won't be liable for Council Tax.  Can't say about other taxes like Income or Capital Gains.

N

[Paul C]

What property rental income? I think you will be liable for a reduced rate of CT if it stands empty. If its occupied, then the tenants would be liable for CT.

[Mick in Bangkok]

Ok thank you for the confirmation, I was aware of income and capital gains but not having lived in UK for a while was not up to date on council tax etc.

[David Mack]

53 minutes ago, BEngo said:

You won't be liable for Council Tax.  Can't say about other taxes like Income or Capital Gains.

N

The marina where you leave the boat over winter will be liable to business rates, but this will be included in the mooring fee, and you don't need to worry about it.