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  • Purely hypothetical, but what would you guys do if you had to move to Germany? I have a friend who said she'd move into my flat, and I'd likely charge her under market rates just to cover my mortgage and service charge. Could I have them as a lodger and keep the flat as my official address, still paying council tax etc, and just get a place in Germany separately? It's likely I'd be back and forward a bit anyway. Would that be the simplest option? Or does that break tax rules or something similar? I don't really want to go the whole landlord option because I'm allergic to paperwork, but I'd also want to do it all above board.

    As I say, completely hypothetical...

  • I'd say go for it. Rent your place out to cover your mortgage, don't bother declaring it as income, paper works not worth it. I'm usually pretty honest with stuff and dead into paying my taxes but if things are set up badly and a big hassle I'd bin em off. It's rarely checked up on.

  • It's not particularly badly setup, if you gain money from renting out property you declare it in your self-assessment and then the tax is worked out (in uk at least), anything else is tax evasion.

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