Interest relief for your home in Jersey
You can claim the interest as a deduction if you have taken out a loan to:
- acquire a dwelling-house in Jersey that you live in
- extend a dwelling-house in Jersey that you live in
Loan interest certificates (R62 and R10)
Your lender will provide you with a certificate of interest charged and paid for all loans that are secured on your property.
Banks and finance houses will send you R62 certificates. If you have a private loan with an individual they will provide you with R10 certificates.
Keep the certificates as evidence of your claim. Don’t send them in with your tax return. We may request them at a later date.
If your lender is a bank or finance house it must be carrying out its business in Jersey.
You can only claim this interest relief for loans which were taken out to buy or extend your home. Don’t claim loans which were taken out for any other purpose, for example equity release loans for home improvement or re-financing a personal debt.
Filling out the form
- enter the first line of the property address that you’re claiming interest relief for.
- enter total year-end balance(s) of all the loans that relate to the purchase or extension. If you sold the property during the year enter the total of the closing balance(s).
- enter the total of the gross interest paid for all the loans that you’re claiming. If the loans are private loans where tax relief has been given at source, enter the amount of tax deducted per the interest certificate(s).
If you sold and bought in the year, repeat steps 1 to 3 for the second property.
Loans for more than one purpose
Sometimes a loan will include a non-allowable part as well as an allowable amount that was for the purchase or extension of your home.
You must only claim the proportion that relates to the allowable part.
If you have a dual purpose loan, use the following formula to work out what you can claim.
A / B × 100 = C%
- A = the part of the loan when you first took it out that was for the acquisition or extension of your property (allowable part)
- B = the total amount of your loan when your first took it out
- C = percentage of loan capital and loan interest from this year’s interest certificates that can be claimed on your return
Extension of property
‘Extending your dwelling house’ means something physically added that changes the aspect of the property.
Loans in joint names
If you are claiming for a loan in joint names and you each make a claim on separate tax returns, enter the interest depending on how much of the loan you pay, for example half.
The total interest claimed shouldn’t exceed the total amount of interest charged and paid.
Don’t apportion the year-end balance figure, enter the total balance outstanding on the loan(s) per the certificates.
Calculating the relief
The capital restriction and maximum interest deduction is calculated by Revenue Jersey, so don’t adjust the figures yourself.
The amount of interest relief you will receive on your assessment is restricted by a capital cap of £300,000 and a total maximum deduction of £4,500 for the year 2023.
It’s only available at the marginal rate calculation of tax.
Private loans taken out before 2004
Up to the year 2003, loan interest was paid net of tax on all private loans. From the year 2004, all new loans had to be paid gross. However, borrowers with an existing private loan had the option of paying the interest gross or staying as they were.
If you’re still paying interest net of tax, the R10 certificate will include this information.
More help
For more information about claiming for interest on your Jersey home:
Interest tax relief
gov.je