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This site provides comprehensive information about:

1. Taxation of foreign domiciliaries
2. Taxation of non-residents on UK income and assets
3. Taxation of UK residents on foreign income and assets
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 QC.

Contents

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Introduction

Non-dom policy & avoidance

1 Foreign Domicile: Tax Policy

2 Tax Avoidance

Domicile & residence

3 Domicile

4 Deemed Domicile

5 Residence of Individuals

6 Residence of Trustees

7 Residence of Companies

8 Treaty-Residence

9 Split Years: Arrival and Departure

10 Temporary Non-residence

11 Exit Taxes

12 UK Arrival or Departure: Tax Checklist

Income Tax: Principles & remittance basis

13 Income Categorisation

14 Income Recognition: Receive/Entitled/Arise/Paid

15 Source/RFI/Territorial Principles

16 The Remittance Basis

17 The Meaning of Remittance

18 Remittance Reliefs

19 Mixed Funds

Income by category

20 Trading Income

21 Trading in Land

22 Performers

23 Property Income

24 Deduction of interest from Property Income

25 Interest Income

26 Exempt Interest of Non-Residents

27 Accrued Income Profits

28 Deeply Discounted Securities

29 Dividend Income

30 Annual Payments

31 Intellectual Property Income

32 Misc Sweep-Up Income

33 Employment Income

34 Travel Expenses: Employment Income

35 PAYE

36 Employment Income: DT Relief

37 Pension and Annuity Income

IT: General

38 Discretionary Trusts: Income Tax

39 IIP Trusts: Income Tax

40 Rates of Income Tax/CGT

41 Personal Allowances

42 Non-Residents Income Tax Relief

43 National Insurance Contributions

IT avoidance codes

44 Settlor-interested Trust Code

45 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Introduction

46 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Transferors

47 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Benefits

48 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Relief from Overlapping Charges

49 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Motive Defence

50 Profit Fragmentation

51 Transfer of Income Streams

52 Transactions in Securities

Capital Gains Tax

53 Chargeable Gains

54 UK Property Held by Non-Residents

55 Residential Property: CGT

56 Gains of Non-Resident Settlor-Interested Trusts: s.86

57 Capital Payments from Non-Resident Trusts: s.87

58 Borrowing by Non-Resident Trust: Sch 4B

59 Sub-Funds

60 Gains of Non-Resident Companies

61 Capital Losses

Funds

62 Life Policies and Contracts

63 Offshore Funds: Definitions

64 Offshore Income Gains

65 Income from Offshore Funds

66 Unit Trusts

67 Intermediated Securities

68 Investment Manager Exemptions

69 Investment Management Fees & Carried Interest

Inheritance Tax

70 IHT Terms and Concepts

71 Excluded Property: Definition

72 Excluded Property Exemptions

73 Wills and IOVs

74 Reservation of Benefit

75 Inter-Trust Transfers: IHT

76 IHT Deduction for Debts

77 IHT Close-Company Code

78 IHT Residential Property Code

79 Family Home and Chattels: Benefit in Kind Charges

80 Pre-Owned Assets

81 Loans from Non-Resident Companies

Entities

82 Partnerships

83 Partnership Income: Attribution

84 Estates of Deceased Persons: CGT

85 Estates of Deceased Persons: Income Tax

85A Settlement, Bare Trust, and Associated Terminology

86 Foreign Entities

87 Hybrid Entities

Concepts & topics affecting more than one tax

88 Protected Trusts

89 Non-Dom/Non-Resident Spouse

90 Joint Accounts

91 Foreign Currency Issues

92 Unremittable Assets

93 ATED and SDLT

94 Who is the Settlor?

95 Multiple Settlors

96 Statutory Tax Indemnities

97 Situs of Assets for IHT

98 Situs of Assets for CGT

99 Control Connected Close and Related Expressions

100 Participation & % Investment Tests

101 Permanent Establishment and Branch/Agency

102 Post-Brexit EU Law

103 Double Taxation Arrangements: Introduction

104 DTA Anti-abuse Rules

105 Limitation on Benefits

106 Credit for Foreign Tax

107 Non-discrimination

Double Taxation Agreements: IHT

108 IHT Double Taxation Treaties: Introduction

109 IHT DTAs: India, Pakistan, Italy, France

110 IHT DTA: Netherlands

111 IHT DTA: South Africa

112 IHT DTA: Switzerland

113 IHT DTA: USA

114 Credit for Foreign IHT

Administration

115 Reporting and Compliance

116 Tax Return Filing Position

117 Claims

118 Collection of Tax from UK Representatives

119 Reporting and Compliance: IHT

120 Penalties

120A Failure to Prevent Tax Evasion

121 Common Reporting Standard

122 Trust Registration

123 Reporting Offshore Trusts

124 International Movement of Capital: Reports

125 Money Laundering

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 What Do We Mean by "Real"

Appendix 7 Deeming Provisions

Special taxpayers

Appendix 8 Parliamentarians

Appendix 9 Visiting Forces

Appendix 10 Students and Teachers

Tax reform

Appendix 11 How to Improve Residence and Domicile Taxation

Appendix 12 Reform of Offshore Anti-avoidance Law

Appendix 13 The Wisdom of Parliament

Appendix 14 Purpose in Tax Statutes

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