Seems like HMRC have a motive to stop expats filing online. It is specifically the Non-Resident disclaimer (NRD) that they won't give you access to directly through the HMRC portal.curiousgeorge wrote: IN any case, you will still have to do self-assessment for your property income (and you can't file online if you have overseas income without using 3rd party software, the HMRC website cannot accomodate it!).
So as CG says for the sake of answering 3-4 questions on one form, out of a total of maybe 100+ you have to buy 3rd party software.
I use TaxCalc. It is about £25 a year, and it interfaces with the HMRC site allowing online filing. It's a fab thing. You can complete it as if completing the HMRC forms, or flick a switch to what they cal 'Simple steps' mode, i.e. all the questions written and explained in a human language. Use it for a couple of years and it pulls in prior years data for analysis (if you want), and has a What-if function so you can test scenarios inside your actual draft return.
Even if I was not compelled to have 3rd party software, I still think I'd pay for this product. It is so much simpler than going directly via HMRC to file. Plus I can offset the cost against income as well of course...