Gifting BTL to spouse advice needed

[goslingl12 4]

Hi,

I’m looking to gift one of my personally owned BTL properties to my wife in order to benefit from her lower tax bracket.

 

I’ve read that property can be gifted by either (1) legal ownership change or (2) beneficial interest change – the main difference between the two that beneficial ownership gives an economic interest in the property (i.e. share in: rent proceeds/ sale proceeds/ tax benefits) but no legal ownership & control.

 

Has anyone gone through this process? Any advice on how difficult/straightforward it is?

 

Cheers