As British Relocation to Florida Accelerates, Brolma Advisory Sees Sharp Rise in UK Nationals Seeking US Tax Guidance
Firm reports growing enquiries from UK professionals, founders, and investors relocating to Florida, many unaware of the US tax exposure that follows the move.
Winter Park, FL, August 31, 2026 --(PR.com)-- Brolma Advisory, a Florida-based accounting and tax advisory firm specialising in cross-border and complex US businesses, today reported a marked increase in enquiries from UK nationals relocating to Florida, a trend the firm links to sustained British interest in the state following high-profile UK media coverage and continued growth in transatlantic relocation.
Florida tourism officials have described UK arrivals to the state as booming, with visitor numbers climbing back toward and beyond pre-pandemic levels. British interest has also been fuelled by recent UK television coverage following British nationals who have relocated to Florida for lifestyle and business reasons, part of a wider pattern of renewed UK fascination with the state as a relocation destination. No official body tracks the number of British nationals living in Florida with precision, since arrivals are not required to register, but the volume of coverage and community activity around the trend points to sustained and growing interest.
“We are seeing a clear rise in enquiries from UK professionals, founders, and investors who are seriously considering, or have already made, the move to Florida,” said Mary Lee of Brolma Advisory. “What is consistent across almost all of them is that they understand the visa and the property side of the move far better than they understand the tax consequences. Becoming a US tax resident changes how the IRS treats everything a British person owns, from a UK pension to an ISA to a company back home, and very few people learn this until it is already a live problem.”
Brolma Advisory works with UK nationals at every stage of this transition, from pre-move planning through to catching up on missed US filings after the fact. Common issues the firm encounters include the reclassification of ISAs and other UK investment funds as Passive Foreign Investment Companies under US tax law, a category that carries punitive tax treatment few UK investors anticipate; the treatment of UK pensions under the US-UK tax treaty; exposure to US estate tax that UK nationals do not experience under UK domestic rules; and, for UK founders who retain ownership of a company back home, the reporting and taxation obligations that attach automatically once they become a US tax resident.
The firm also works with UK founders establishing new US entities, where early decisions about structure and entity classification, made correctly before a move rather than after, can materially change the tax outcome for years to come.
“The families and founders we work with are not trying to avoid anything,” added Lee. “They simply were never told these rules exist, because nobody standing between the UK and the move, immigration counsel, relocation agents, estate agents, has any reason to know US tax law. That gap is where problems start, and it is entirely avoidable with the right advice at the right time.”
Brolma Advisory provides accounting, tax, and financial advisory services for complex and cross-border situations, including international businesses establishing or operating in the United States, complex US businesses such as technology, SaaS, subscription, and e-commerce companies, and individuals and founders with US tax responsibilities living internationally, including expats in the United States and Americans living abroad. The firm is based in Winter Park, Florida.
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Florida tourism officials have described UK arrivals to the state as booming, with visitor numbers climbing back toward and beyond pre-pandemic levels. British interest has also been fuelled by recent UK television coverage following British nationals who have relocated to Florida for lifestyle and business reasons, part of a wider pattern of renewed UK fascination with the state as a relocation destination. No official body tracks the number of British nationals living in Florida with precision, since arrivals are not required to register, but the volume of coverage and community activity around the trend points to sustained and growing interest.
“We are seeing a clear rise in enquiries from UK professionals, founders, and investors who are seriously considering, or have already made, the move to Florida,” said Mary Lee of Brolma Advisory. “What is consistent across almost all of them is that they understand the visa and the property side of the move far better than they understand the tax consequences. Becoming a US tax resident changes how the IRS treats everything a British person owns, from a UK pension to an ISA to a company back home, and very few people learn this until it is already a live problem.”
Brolma Advisory works with UK nationals at every stage of this transition, from pre-move planning through to catching up on missed US filings after the fact. Common issues the firm encounters include the reclassification of ISAs and other UK investment funds as Passive Foreign Investment Companies under US tax law, a category that carries punitive tax treatment few UK investors anticipate; the treatment of UK pensions under the US-UK tax treaty; exposure to US estate tax that UK nationals do not experience under UK domestic rules; and, for UK founders who retain ownership of a company back home, the reporting and taxation obligations that attach automatically once they become a US tax resident.
The firm also works with UK founders establishing new US entities, where early decisions about structure and entity classification, made correctly before a move rather than after, can materially change the tax outcome for years to come.
“The families and founders we work with are not trying to avoid anything,” added Lee. “They simply were never told these rules exist, because nobody standing between the UK and the move, immigration counsel, relocation agents, estate agents, has any reason to know US tax law. That gap is where problems start, and it is entirely avoidable with the right advice at the right time.”
Brolma Advisory provides accounting, tax, and financial advisory services for complex and cross-border situations, including international businesses establishing or operating in the United States, complex US businesses such as technology, SaaS, subscription, and e-commerce companies, and individuals and founders with US tax responsibilities living internationally, including expats in the United States and Americans living abroad. The firm is based in Winter Park, Florida.
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Brolma Advisory
941 W Morse Blvd, Suite 100, Winter Park, FL 32789
brolma.com
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https://brolma.com/
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