4 articles tagged with Property Income.
Letting a spare room in your own home and letting a whole property on Airbnb are taxed completely differently in the UK. One can use the £7,500 Rent a Room Scheme; the other is taxed as full property income, with different expense and Capital Gains Tax consequences.
The furnished holiday letting tax regime was abolished from April 2025, moving holiday-let landlords onto standard property income rules. Full worked example on a £28,000 holiday let and what actually changed.
Married couples and civil partners split rental income 50/50 by default. Form 17 lets you declare the actual beneficial ownership split to HMRC — and potentially save significant tax.
FHL abolished, HMRC gets your Airbnb data automatically. Here's exactly what tax you owe on UK short-let income in 2026, with worked examples.