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NOTE FOR ALL USERS:

THIS SITE IS CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF BEING UPDATED TO THE NEW 2022-23 EDITION OF TAXATION OF NON-RESIDENTS AND FOREIGN DOMICILIARIES


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

Update

Introduction

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
7 Residence of Companies
9 Treaty-Residence
10 Split Years: Arrival and Departure
11 Temporary Non-residence
12 Exit Taxes
13 UK Arrival or Departure: Tax Checklist

Income Tax: Principles & Remittance Basis

14 Income 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 Residential Property: CGT
59 Gains of Non-Resident Settlor-Interested Trusts: s.86
60 Capital Payments from Non-Resident Trusts: s.87
61 Borrowing by Non-Resident Trust: Sch 4B
62 Sub-Funds
63 Gains of Non-Resident Companies
64 Capital Losses

Funds

65 Life Policies and Contracts
66 Offshore Income Gains
67 Income from Offshore Funds
68 Unit Trusts
69 Intermediated Securities
70 Investment Manager Exemptions
71 Investment Management Fees & Carried Interest

Inheritance Tax

72 IHT Terms and Concepts
73 Excluded Property: Definition
74 Excluded Property Exemptions
75 Wills and IOVs
76 Reservation of Benefit
77 Inter-Trust Transfers: IHT
78 IHT Deduction for Debts
79 IHT Close-Company Code
80 IHT Residential Property Code
81 Pre-Owned Assets
82 Pension Schemes and IHT

Entities

83 Partnerships
84 Partnership Income: Attribution
85 Settlement, Bare Trust, and Associated Terminology
86 Estates of Deceased Persons: CGT
87 Estates of Deceased Persons: Income Tax
88 Foreign Entities
89 Hybrid Entities

Topics Affecting More Than One Tax

90 Protected Trusts
91 Non-Dom/Non-Resident Spouse
92 Joint Accounts
93 Foreign Currency Issues
94 Unremittable Assets
95 ATED and SDLT
96 Who is the Settlor?
97 Multiple Settlors
98 Statutory Tax Indemnities
99 Situs of Assets for IHT
100 Situs of Assets for CGT
101 Control Connected Close and Related Expressions
102 Participation & % Investment Tests
103 Permanent Establishment and Branch/Agency
104 Post-Brexit EU Law

Double Taxation Agreements IT/CGT

105 Double Taxation Arrangements: Introduction
106 DTA Anti-abuse Rules
107 Limitation on Benefits
108 Credit for Foreign Tax
109 Non-discrimination

Double Taxation Agreements: IHT

110 IHT Double Taxation Treaties: Introduction
111 IHT DTAs: India, Pakistan, Italy, France
112 IHT DTA: Netherlands
113 IHT DTA: South Africa
114 IHT DTA: Switzerland
115 IHT DTA: USA
116 Credit for Foreign IHT

Administration

117 Reporting and Compliance
118 Tax Return Filing Position
119 Claims
120 Collection of Tax from UK Representatives
121 Reporting and Compliance: IHT
122 Penalties
123 Failure to Prevent Tax Evasion
124 Common Reporting Standard
125 Trust Registration
126 Reporting Offshore Trusts
127 International Movement of Capital: Reports
128 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 Beneficial Ownership/Entitlement
Appendix 7 Offshore Fund/CIS/OEIC
Appendix 8 What Do We Mean by "Real"

Construction of Statutes

Appendix 9 Deeming Provisions
Appendix 10 Purpose of Statute

Special Taxpayers

Appendix 11 Parliamentarians


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



New 2022/23 edition out soon

The new 2022/23 edition of Taxation of Non-residents and Foreign Domiciliaries will be published online on 6 April 2022 and in paper form shortly thereafter.

At present this site contains the text of the 2021/22 edition.

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If you are an academic or other non-tax practitioner who wants access for research purposes, contact James Kessler

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Archive editions

There are archive editions for years since 2003/04. These will be useful to investigate the tax position in earlier years, but the current edition will generally be the best starting point, as that has been written in the light of current HMRC guidance, and further thought and research.

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