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# Taxation of non-residents on UK income and assets
 
# Taxation of non-residents on UK income and assets
 
# Taxation of UK residents on foreign income and assets  
 
# Taxation of UK residents on foreign income and assets  
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# Other topics arising in this context, including tax avoidance, and disclosure and compliance
  
It is the online version of the 2016/17 edition of [http://www.kessler.co.uk/taxation-of-foreign-domiciliaries/ ''Taxation of Non-Residents and Foreign Domiciliaries''] by [http://www.kessler.co.uk James Kessler QC] with some subsequent updating.
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It is the online version of [https://www.kessler.co.uk/taxation-of-foreign-domiciliaries/ ''Taxation of Non-Residents and Foreign Domiciliaries''] by [https://www.kessler.co.uk James Kessler KC].
  
 
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<big>'''Contents'''</big>
 
<big>'''Contents'''</big>
  
[http://www.foreigndomiciliaries.co.uk/index.php/Updates Updates]  
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[[Update]]
  
[[Introduction]]
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:[[Introduction]]
  
:[[Foreign Domicile: Tax Policy and Reforms]]
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:A1  [[FIG Relief/Abolition of Domicile]]
  
:2  [[Tax Avoidance: Public Debate]]
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:'''''<span style="color:navy">Non-dom Policy & Avoidance</span>'''''
  
:3   [[Domicile]]  
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:1   [[Foreign Domicile: Tax Policy]]
  
:4   [[Deemed Domicile]]
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:2   [[Tax Avoidance]]
  
:5   [[Residence of Individuals]]
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:3   [[Targeted Anti-Avoidance Rules (TAARs)]]
  
:6  [[Residence of Trustees]]
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:'''''<span style="color:navy">Domicile & Residence</span>'''''
  
:7   [[Treaty-Residence]]
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:4   [[Domicile]]  
  
:8   [[Exit Taxes]]
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:5   [[Deemed Domicile]]
  
:[[Split Years: Arrival and Departure]]
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:[[Residence of Individuals]]
  
:10  [[Temporary Non-residence: Post-2013 Departures]]
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:[[Residence of Trustees]]
  
:10A  [[Temporary Non-residence: Pre-2013 Departures]]
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:[[Residence of Companies]]
  
:11  [[The Remittance Basis]]
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:[[Treaty-Residence]]
  
:12  [[The Meaning of Remittance]]
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:10  [[Split Years]]
  
:13 [[Remittance Reliefs]]
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:11 [[Temporary Non-residence]]
  
:14 [[Mixed Funds]]
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:12 [[Exit Taxes]]
  
:15 [[Income Categories and Sources]]
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:13 [[UK Arrival or Departure: Tax Checklist]]
  
:16  [[Trading Income]]
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:'''''<span style="color:navy">Income Tax: Principles & Remittance Basis</span>'''''
  
:17 [[Trading in Land]]
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:14 [[Income and its Categorisation]]  
  
:18 [[Entertainers and Sportspeople]]
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:15 [[Income Recognition: Receive/Entitled/Arise/Paid]]
  
:19 [[Property Income]]
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:16 [[Source/RFI/Territorial Principles]]  
  
:20 [[Deduction of interest from Property Income]]
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:17 [[The Remittance Basis]]
  
:21 [[Interest Income]]
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:18 [[The Meaning of Remittance]]
  
:22 [[Exempt Interest of Non-Residents]]
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:19 [[Remittance Reliefs]]
  
:23 [[Dividend Income]]
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:20 [[Mixed Funds]]
  
:24  [[Royalty Income]]
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:'''''<span style="color:navy">Income by Category</span>'''''
  
:25 [[Misc Sweep-Up Income]]
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:21 [[Trading Income]]
  
:26 [[Employment Income]]
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:22 [[Trading in Land]]
  
:27 [[Travel Expenses: Employment Income Deduction]]
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:23 [[Performers]]
  
:28 [[PAYE]]
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:24 [[Property Income]]
  
:29 [[Employment Income: DT Relief]]
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:25 [[Deduction of interest from Property Income]]
  
:30 [[Pension and Annuity Income]]
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:26 [[Interest Income]]
  
:31 [[Discretionary Trusts: Income Tax]]
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:27 [[Exempt Interest of Non-Residents]]
  
:32 [[IIP Trusts: Income Tax]]
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:28 [[Accrued Income Profits]]
  
:33 [[Settlor-interested Trusts]]
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:29 [[Deeply Discounted Securities]]
  
:34 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Introduction]]
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:30 [[Dividend Income]]
  
:35 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Transferors]]
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:31 [[Annual Payments]]
  
:36 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Non-transferors]]
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:32 [[Intellectual Property Income]]
  
:37 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Relief from Overlapping Charges]]
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:33 [[Misc Sweep-Up Income]]
  
:38 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Motive Defence]]
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:34 [[Employment Income]]
  
:39 [[Life Policies and Contracts]]
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:35 [[Travel Expenses: Employment Income]]
  
:40 [[Offshore Funds: Definition]]
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:36 [[PAYE]]
  
:41 [[Offshore Income Gains]]
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:37 [[Employment Income: DT Relief]]
  
:42 [[Income from Offshore Funds]]
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:38 [[Pension and Annuity Income]]
  
:43 [[Accrued Income Profits]]
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:39 [[Benefit in Kind: Family Home and Chattels]]
  
:44 [[Deeply Discounted Securities]]
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:40 [[Benefit in Kind: Loans from Non-Resident Companies]]
  
:45  [[Unit Trusts]]
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:'''''<span style="color:navy">IT: General</span>'''''
  
:46 [[Intermediated Securities]]
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:41 [[Discretionary Trusts: Income Tax]]
  
:47 [[Partnerships]]
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:42 [[IIP Trusts: Income Tax]]
  
:48 [[Non-Residents Income Tax Relief]]
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:43 [[Rates of Income Tax/CGT]]
  
:49 [[Collection of Tax from UK Representatives]]
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:44 [[Personal Allowances]]
  
:50 [[Investment Manager Exemptions]]
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:45 [[Non-Residents Income Tax Relief]]
  
:51 [[Investment Management Fees & Carried Forward]]
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:46 [[National Insurance Contributions]]
  
:52  [[Loans from Non-Resident Companies]]
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:'''''<span style="color:navy">IT Avoidance Codes</span>'''''
  
:53 [[Rates of Tax]]
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:47 [[Settlor-interested Trust Code]]
  
:54 [[Personal Allowances and Annual Exemptions]]
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:48 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Introduction]]
  
:55 [[National Insurance Contributions]]
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:49 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Transferors]]
  
:56 [[Gains of UK Residents]]
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:50 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Benefits]]
  
:57 [[Gains of Non-Resident Settlor-Interested Trusts: s.86]]
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:51 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Relief from Overlapping Charges]]
  
:58 [[Capital Payments from Non-Resident Trusts: s.87]]
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:52 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Motive Defence]]
  
:59 [[Borrowing by Non-resident Trust: Sch 4B]]
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:53 [[Profit Fragmentation]]
  
:60 [[Protected Trusts]]
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:54 [[Transfer of Income Streams]]
  
:61 [[Sub-Funds]]
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:55 [[Transactions in Securities]]
  
:62  [[Gains of Non-Resident Companies]]
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:'''''<span style="color:navy">Capital Gains Tax</span>'''''
  
:63 [[Capital Losses]]
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:56 [[Chargeable Gains]]
  
:64 [[Foreign Currency Issues]]
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:57 [[UK Property Held by Non-Residents]]
  
:65  [[Unremittable Assets]]
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:58 [[Reorganisations]]
  
:66 [[Double Taxation Arrangements: Introduction]]
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:59 [[Residential Property: CGT]]
  
:67 [[DTA Anti-abuse Rules]]
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:60 [[Gains of Non-Resident Settlor-Interested Trusts: s.86]]
  
:68 [[Foreign Tax Credit Relief]]
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:61 [[Capital Payments from Non-Resident Trusts: s.87 Code]]
  
:69 [[EU Law and UK Taxation]]
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:62 [[Borrowing by Non-Resident Trust: Sch 4B]]
  
:70 [[Excluded Property: Definition]]
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:63 [[Sub-Funds]]
  
:71 [[Excluded Property Exemptions]]
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:64 [[Gains of Non-Resident Companies]]
  
:72 [[Wills and IOVs]]
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:65 [[Capital Losses]]
  
:73  [[Reservation of Benefit]]
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:'''''<span style="color:navy">Funds</span>'''''
  
:74 [[Inter-Trust Transfers: IHT]]
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:66 [[Funds: Terms & Concepts]]
  
:75 [[IHT Deduction for Debts]]
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:67 [[Offshore Income Gains]]
  
:76 [[IHT Double Taxation Treaties - Introduction]]
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:68 [[Income from Offshore Funds]]
  
:77 [[IHT DTAs: India, Pakistan, Italy, France]]
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:69 [[Unit Trusts]]
  
:78 [[IHT DTA: USA]]
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:70 [[Life Policies and Contracts]]
  
:79 [[IHT DTA: Switzerland]]
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:71 [[Intermediated Securities]]
  
:80 [[IHT DTA: Netherlands]]
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:72 [[Investment Manager Exemptions]]
  
:81 [[Foreign IHT Credit Relief]]
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:73 [[Investment Management Fees & Carried Interest]]
  
:82  [[Marriage to Non-dom or Non-resident]]
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:'''''<span style="color:navy">Inheritance Tax</span>'''''
  
:83 [[Private Residence Relief]]
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:74 [[IHT Terms and Concepts]]
  
:84 [[Residential Property of Non-Residents: NRCGT]]
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:75 [[Excluded Property: Definition]]
  
:85 [[Family Home and Chattels: Benefit in Kind Charges]]
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:76 [[Excluded Property Exemptions]]
  
:86 [[Corporate Residential Property]]
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:77 [[Wills and IOVs]]
  
:87 [[Residential property: IHT]]
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:78 [[Reservation of Benefit]]
  
:88 [[Pre-Owned Assets]]
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:79 [[Inter-Trust Transfers: IHT]]
  
:89 [[Joint Accounts]]
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:80 [[IHT Deduction for Debts]]
  
:90 [[Estates of Deceased Persons: CGT]]
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:81 [[IHT Close-Company Code]]
  
:91 [[Estates of Deceased Persons: Income Tax]]
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:82 [[IHT Residential Property Code]]
  
:92 [[Who is the Settlor?]]
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:83 [[Pre-Owned Assets]]
  
:93 [[Trusts with Two or More Settlors]]
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:84 [[Pension Schemes and IHT]]
  
:94  [[Situs of Assets for IHT]]
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:'''''<span style="color:navy">Entities</span>'''''
  
:95 [[Situs of Assets for CGT]]
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:85 [[Partnerships]]
  
:96 [[Foreign Entities]]
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:86 [[Partnership Income: Attribution]]
  
:97 [[Hybrid Entities]]
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:87 [[Settlement, Bare Trust, and Associated Terminology]]
  
:98 [[Control Connected Close and Related Expressions]]
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:88 [[Estates of Deceased Persons: CGT]]
  
:99 [[Permanent Establishment and Branch/Agency]]
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:89 [[Estates of Deceased Persons: Income Tax]]
  
:100 [[Disclosure and Compliance]]
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:90 [[Foreign Entities]]
  
:101 [[Disclosure on Death ]]
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:91 [[Hybrid Entities]]
  
:102 [[Disclosure of Offshore Trusts]]
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:'''''<span style="color:navy">Topics Affecting More Than One Tax</span>'''''
  
:103 [[Criminal Law and Professional Conduct]]
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:92 [[Protected Trusts]]
  
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:93  [[Non-Dom/Non-Resident Spouse]]
  
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:94  [[Joint Accounts]]
  
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:95  [[Foreign Currency Issues]]
  
:[[Appendix 1: Common Expressions]]
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:96 [[Cryptoassets]]
  
:[[Appendix 2: Consideration, Arm's Length/Full Value]]
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:97  [[Unremittable Assets]]
  
:[[Appendix 3: Associated Operations: IHT]]
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:98  [[ATED and SDLT]]
  
:[[Appendix 4: Construction of Deeming Provisions]]
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:99  [[Who is the Settlor?]]
  
:[[Appendix 5: What Do We Mean by "Real"?]]
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:100  [[Multiple Settlors]]
  
:[[Appendix 6: Parliamentarians]]
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:101  [[Statutory Tax Indemnities]]
  
:[[Appendix 7: Visiting Forces]]
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:102  [[Situs of Assets for IHT]]
  
:[[Appendix 8: How to Improve Residence and Domicile Taxation]]
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:103 [[Situs of Assets for CGT]]
  
:[[Appendix 9: Reform of Offshore Anti-avoidance Rules]]
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:104 [[Control Connected Close and Related Expressions]]
  
:[[Appendix 10: UK Arrival or Departure: Tax Checklist]]
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:105 [[Participation & % Investment Tests]]
  
:[[Appendix 11: Welsh Devolution]]
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:106 [[Permanent Establishment and Branch/Agency]]
  
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:107 [[Double Taxation Arrangements: Introduction]]
  
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:108 [[DTA Anti-abuse Rules]]
  
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:109 [[Third Party Relief/Savings Clause]]
  
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:110 [[Limitation on Benefits]]
  
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:111 [[Credit for Foreign Tax]]
  
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:112 [[Non-discrimination]]
  
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:113 [[Mutual Agreement Procedure]]
  
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:114 [[IHT Double Taxation Treaties: Introduction]]
  
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:115 [[IHT DTAs: India, Pakistan, Italy, France]]
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Revision as of 07:16, 14 March 2024

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  1. Taxation of foreign domiciliaries
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  4. Other topics arising in this context, including tax avoidance, and disclosure and compliance

It is the online version of Taxation of Non-Residents and Foreign Domiciliaries by James Kessler KC.


Contents

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Introduction
A1 FIG Relief/Abolition of Domicile
Non-dom Policy & Avoidance
1 Foreign Domicile: Tax Policy
2 Tax Avoidance
3 Targeted Anti-Avoidance Rules (TAARs)
Domicile & Residence
4 Domicile
5 Deemed Domicile
6 Residence of Individuals
7 Residence of Trustees
8 Residence of Companies
9 Treaty-Residence
10 Split Years
11 Temporary Non-residence
12 Exit Taxes
13 UK Arrival or Departure: Tax Checklist
Income Tax: Principles & Remittance Basis
14 Income and its Categorisation
15 Income Recognition: Receive/Entitled/Arise/Paid
16 Source/RFI/Territorial Principles
17 The Remittance Basis
18 The Meaning of Remittance
19 Remittance Reliefs
20 Mixed Funds
Income by Category
21 Trading Income
22 Trading in Land
23 Performers
24 Property Income
25 Deduction of interest from Property Income
26 Interest Income
27 Exempt Interest of Non-Residents
28 Accrued Income Profits
29 Deeply Discounted Securities
30 Dividend Income
31 Annual Payments
32 Intellectual Property Income
33 Misc Sweep-Up Income
34 Employment Income
35 Travel Expenses: Employment Income
36 PAYE
37 Employment Income: DT Relief
38 Pension and Annuity Income
39 Benefit in Kind: Family Home and Chattels
40 Benefit in Kind: Loans from Non-Resident Companies
IT: General
41 Discretionary Trusts: Income Tax
42 IIP Trusts: Income Tax
43 Rates of Income Tax/CGT
44 Personal Allowances
45 Non-Residents Income Tax Relief
46 National Insurance Contributions
IT Avoidance Codes
47 Settlor-interested Trust Code
48 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Introduction
49 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Transferors
50 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Benefits
51 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Relief from Overlapping Charges
52 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Motive Defence
53 Profit Fragmentation
54 Transfer of Income Streams
55 Transactions in Securities
Capital Gains Tax
56 Chargeable Gains
57 UK Property Held by Non-Residents
58 Reorganisations
59 Residential Property: CGT
60 Gains of Non-Resident Settlor-Interested Trusts: s.86
61 Capital Payments from Non-Resident Trusts: s.87 Code
62 Borrowing by Non-Resident Trust: Sch 4B
63 Sub-Funds
64 Gains of Non-Resident Companies
65 Capital Losses
Funds
66 Funds: Terms & Concepts
67 Offshore Income Gains
68 Income from Offshore Funds
69 Unit Trusts
70 Life Policies and Contracts
71 Intermediated Securities
72 Investment Manager Exemptions
73 Investment Management Fees & Carried Interest
Inheritance Tax
74 IHT Terms and Concepts
75 Excluded Property: Definition
76 Excluded Property Exemptions
77 Wills and IOVs
78 Reservation of Benefit
79 Inter-Trust Transfers: IHT
80 IHT Deduction for Debts
81 IHT Close-Company Code
82 IHT Residential Property Code
83 Pre-Owned Assets
84 Pension Schemes and IHT
Entities
85 Partnerships
86 Partnership Income: Attribution
87 Settlement, Bare Trust, and Associated Terminology
88 Estates of Deceased Persons: CGT
89 Estates of Deceased Persons: Income Tax
90 Foreign Entities
91 Hybrid Entities
Topics Affecting More Than One Tax
92 Protected Trusts
93 Non-Dom/Non-Resident Spouse
94 Joint Accounts
95 Foreign Currency Issues
96 Cryptoassets
97 Unremittable Assets
98 ATED and SDLT
99 Who is the Settlor?
100 Multiple Settlors
101 Statutory Tax Indemnities
102 Situs of Assets for IHT
103 Situs of Assets for CGT
104 Control Connected Close and Related Expressions
105 Participation & % Investment Tests
106 Permanent Establishment and Branch/Agency
Double Taxation Agreements IT/CGT
107 Double Taxation Arrangements: Introduction
108 DTA Anti-abuse Rules
109 Third Party Relief/Savings Clause
110 Limitation on Benefits
111 Credit for Foreign Tax
112 Non-discrimination
113 Mutual Agreement Procedure
Double Taxation Agreements: IHT
114 IHT Double Taxation Treaties: Introduction
115 IHT DTAs: India, Pakistan, Italy, France
116 IHT DTA: Netherlands
117 IHT DTA: South Africa
118 IHT DTA: Switzerland
119 IHT DTA: USA
120 Credit for Foreign IHT
Administration
121 Reporting and Compliance
122 Tax Return Filing Position
123 Claims
124 Collection of IT/CGT from UK Representatives
125 Reporting and Compliance: IHT
126 Penalties
127 Failure to Prevent Tax Evasion
128 Common Reporting Standard
129 Trust Registration (TRS)
130 Customer Due Diligence
131 Reporting Offshore Trusts
132 International Movement of Capital: Reports
133 Money Laundering: POCA


Appendices
Words & Concepts
Appendix 1 Words of Dispute
Appendix 2 Common Legal Expressions
Appendix 3 Family Terminology
Appendix 4 Consideration/Arm's Length/Full Value
Appendix 5 Commercial/View to Profit
Appendix 6 Beneficial Ownership/Entitlement
Appendix 7 What Do We Mean by "Real"
Construction of Statutes
Appendix 8 Deeming Provisions
Appendix 9 Purpose of Statute
Special Taxpayers
Appendix 10 Parliamentarians
Appendix 11 Visiting Forces
Appendix 12 Students and Teachers
Tax Reform
Appendix 13 How to Improve Residence and Domicile Taxation
Appendix 14 Reform of Offshore Anti-avoidance Law
Appendix 15 Citizenship-based Taxation
Appendix 16 The Wisdom of Parliament



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