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# Taxation of foreign domiciliaries
 
# Taxation of foreign domiciliaries
 
# 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]  
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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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The text is based on the the printed edition of the book, but with some subsequent updating.
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<big>'''Contents'''</big>
 
<big>'''Contents'''</big>
  
[http://www.foreigndomiciliaries.co.uk/index.php/Updates Updates]
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[[Update]]
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:[[Introduction]]
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:[[Dedication]]
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:A1  [[FIG Relief/Abolition of Domicile]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Non-dom Policy & Avoidance</span></span>'''''
  
[[Introduction]]
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:1  [[Mobile Individuals: Tax Policy]]
  
:1   [[Foreign Domicile: Tax Policy and Reforms]]
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:2   [[Tax Avoidance]]
  
:2   [[Wake Up and Smell the Coffee: Public Debate on Tax Avoidance]]
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:3   [[Targeted Anti-Avoidance Rules (TAARs)]]
  
:3  [[Domicile]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Domicile & Residence</span></span>'''''
  
:4  [[Deemed Domicile for IHT]]
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:4  [[Domicile]]  
  
:5  [[Deemed Domicile from 2017]]
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:5  [[Deemed Domicile]]
  
 
:6  [[Residence of Individuals]]
 
:6  [[Residence of Individuals]]
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:7  [[Residence of Trustees]]
 
:7  [[Residence of Trustees]]
  
:8  [[Treaty-Residence]]
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:8  [[Residence of Companies]]
  
:9  [[Exit Taxes]]
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:9  [[Treaty-Residence]]
  
:10 [[Split Years: Arrival and Departure]]
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:10   [[Split Years]]
  
:11  [[Temporary Non-residence: Post-2013 Departures]]
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:11  [[Temporary Non-residence]]
  
:11A [[Temporary Non-residence: Pre-2013 Departures]]
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:12 [[Exit Taxes]]
  
:12 [[The Remittance Basis]]
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:13 [[UK Arrival or Departure: Tax Checklist]]
  
:13  [[The Meaning of Remittance]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Income Tax: Principles & Remittance Basis</span></span>'''''
  
:14  [[Remittance Reliefs]]
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:14  [[Income and its Categorisation]]  
  
:15  [[Mixed Funds]]
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:15  [[Income Recognition: Receive/Entitled/Arise/Paid]]
  
:16  [[Income Categories and Sources]]
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:16  [[Source/RFI/Territorial Principles]]  
  
:17  [[Trading Income]]
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:17  [[The Remittance Basis]]
  
:18  [[Entertainers and Sportspeople]]
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:18  [[The Meaning of Remittance]]
  
:19  [[Property Income]]
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:19  [[Remittance Reliefs]]
  
:20  [[Deduction of interest from Property Income]]
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:20  [[Mixed Funds]]
  
:21  [[Interest Income]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Income by Category</span></span>'''''
  
:22 [[Exempt Interest of Non-Residents]]
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:21 [[Trading Income]]
  
:23 [[Dividend Income]]
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:22 [[Trading in Land]]
  
:24 [[Royalty Income]]
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:23 [[Performers]]
  
:25 [[Misc Sweep-Up Income]]
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:24 [[Property Income]]
  
:26 [[Employment Income]]
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:25 [[Deduction of interest from Property Income]]
  
:27 [[Travel Expenses: Employment Income Deduction]]
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:26 [[Interest Income]]
  
:28 [[PAYE]]
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:27 [[Exempt Interest of Non-Residents]]
  
:29 [[Employment Income: DT Relief]]
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:28 [[Accrued Income Profits]]
  
:30 [[Pension and Annuity Income]]
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:29 [[Deeply Discounted Securities]]
  
:31 [[Discretionary Trusts: Income Tax]]
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:30 [[Dividend Income]]
  
:32 [[IIP Trusts: Income Tax]]
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:31 [[Annual Payments]]
  
:33 [[Settlor-interested Trusts]]
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:32 [[Intellectual Property Income]]
  
:34 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Introduction]]
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:33 [[Misc Sweep-Up Income]]
  
:35 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Transferors]]
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:34 [[Employment Income]]
  
:36 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Non-transferors]]
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:35 [[Travel Expenses: Employment Income]]
  
:37 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Relief from Overlapping Charges]]
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:36 [[PAYE]]
  
:38  [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Motive Defence]]
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:36A [[Disguised Remuneration]]
  
:39  [[Life Policies and Contracts]]
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:36B [[Employer-Financed Retirement Benefits Scheme]]
  
:40 [[Offshore Funds: Definition]]
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:37 [[Employment Income: DT Relief]]
  
:41 [[Offshore Income Gains]]
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:38 [[Pension and Annuity Income]]
  
:42 [[Income from Offshore Funds]]
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:39 [[Benefit in Kind: Family Home and Chattels]]
  
:43 [[Accrued Income Profits]]
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:40 [[Loans from Companies]]
  
:44  [[Deeply Discounted Securities]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">IT: General</span></span>'''''
  
:45 [[Unit Trusts]]
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:41 [[Discretionary Trusts: Income Tax]]
  
:46 [[Intermediated Securities]]
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:42 [[IIP Trusts: Income Tax]]
  
:47 [[Partnerships]]
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:43 [[Rates of Income Tax/CGT]]
  
:48 [[Non-Residents Income Tax Relief]]
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:44 [[Personal Allowances]]
  
:49 [[Collection of Tax from UK Representatives]]
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:45 [[Non-Residents Income Tax Relief]]
  
:50 [[Investment Manager Exemptions]]
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:46 [[National Insurance Contributions]]
  
:51  [[Loans from Non-Resident Companies]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">IT Avoidance Codes</span></span>'''''
  
:52 [[Rates of Tax]]
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:47 [[Settlor-interested Trust Code]]
  
:53 [[Personal Allowances and Annual Exemptions]]
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:48 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Introduction]]
  
:54 [[National Insurance Contributions]]
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:49 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Transferors]]
  
:55 [[Capital Gains of UK Residents]]
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:50 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Benefits]]
  
:56 [[Gains of Non-Resident Settlor-Interested Trusts: s.86]]
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:51 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Relief from Overlapping Charges]]
  
:57 [[Capital Payments from Non-Resident Trusts: s.87]]
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:52 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Motive Defence]]
  
:58 [[Borrowing by Non-resident Trust: Sch 4B]]
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:53 [[Profit Fragmentation]]
  
:59 [[Gains of Non-Resident Companies]]
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:54 [[Transfer of Income Streams]]
  
:60 [[Capital Losses]]
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:55 [[Transactions in Securities]]
  
:61  [[Foreign Currency Issues]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Capital Gains Tax</span></span>'''''
  
:62 [[Unremittable Assets]]
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:56 [[Chargeable Gains]]
  
:63 [[Double Taxation Arrangements: Introduction]]
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:57 [[UK Property Held by Non-Residents]]
  
:64  [[DTA Anti-abuse Rules]]
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:58 [[Reorganisations]]
  
:65 [[Foreign Tax Credit Relief]]
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:59 [[Residential Property: CGT]]
  
:66 [[EU Law and UK Taxation]]
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:60 [[Gains of Non-Resident Settlor-Interested Trusts: s.86]]
  
:67 [[Excluded Property: Definition]]
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:61 [[Capital Payments from Non-Resident Trusts: s.87 Code]]
  
:68 [[Excluded Property Exemptions]]
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:62 [[Borrowing by Non-Resident Trust: Sch 4B]]
  
:69 [[Wills and IOVs]]
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:63 [[Sub-Funds]]
  
:70 [[Reservation of Benefit]]
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:64 [[Gains of Non-Resident Companies]]
  
:71 [[IHT Consequences of Transfers Between Trusts]]
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:65 [[Capital Losses]]
  
:72  [[IHT Deduction for Debts]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Funds</span></span>'''''
  
:73 [[Double Inheritance Taxation: Introduction]]
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:66 [[Funds: Terms & Concepts]]
  
:74 [[IHT DTTs: India, Pakistan, Italy, France]]
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:67 [[Offshore Income Gains]]
  
:75 [[IHT DTT: USA]]
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:68 [[Income from Offshore Funds]]
  
:76 [[IHT DTT: Switzerland]]
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:69 [[Unit Trusts]]
  
:77 [[Foreign IHT Credit Relief]]
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:70 [[Life Policies and Contracts]]
  
:78 [[Marriage to Non-dom or Non-resident]]
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:71 [[Intermediated Securities]]
  
:79 [[Private Residence Relief]]
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:72 [[Investment Manager Exemptions]]
  
:80 [[Residential Property of Non-Residents: NRCGT]]
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:73 [[Investment Management Fees & Carried Interest]]
  
:81  [[Family Home and Chattels: Benefit in Kind Charges]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Inheritance Tax</span></span>'''''
  
:82  [[Corporate Residential Property]]
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:74  [[IHT Terms and Concepts]]
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:75  [[Excluded Property: Definition]]
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:76  [[Excluded Property Exemptions]]
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:77  [[Wills and IOVs]]
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:78  [[Reservation of Benefit]]
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:79  [[Inter-Trust Transfers: IHT]]
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:80  [[IHT Deduction for Debts]]
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:81  [[IHT Close-Company Code]]
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:82  [[IHT Residential Property Code]]
  
 
:83  [[Pre-Owned Assets]]
 
:83  [[Pre-Owned Assets]]
  
:84  [[Joint Accounts]]
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:84  [[Pension IHT]]
  
:85  [[Estates of Deceased Persons: CGT]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Entities</span></span>'''''
  
:86 [[Estates of Deceased Persons: Income Tax]]
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:85 [[Partnerships]]
  
:87 [[Who is the Settlor?]]
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:86 [[Partnership Income: Allocation]]
  
:88  [[Trusts with Two or More Settlors]]
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:86A [[Salaried Members Code]]
  
:89  [[Situs of Assets for IHT]]
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:86B [[Partnerships CGT]]
  
:90 [[Situs of Assets for CGT]]
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:87 [[Settlement, Bare Trust, and Associated Terminology]]
  
:91 [[Foreign Entities]]
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:88 [[Estates of Deceased Persons: CGT]]
  
:92 [[Hybrid Entities]]
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:89 [[Estates of Deceased Persons: Income Tax]]
  
:93 [[Control Connected Close and Related Expressions]]
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:90 [[Foreign Entities]]
  
:94 [[Permanent Establishment and Branch/Agency]]
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:91 [[Hybrid Entities]]
  
:95  [[Disclosure and Compliance]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Topics Affecting More Than One Tax</span></span>'''''
  
:96 [[Disclosure and Compliance: IHT]]
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:92 [[Protected Trusts]]
  
:97 [[Swiss Tax Agreement]]
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:93 [[Non-Dom/Non-Resident Spouse]]
  
:98 [[Criminal Law and Professional Conduct]]
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:94 [[Joint Accounts]]
  
:99 [[Client Notification Regulations]]
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:95 [[Foreign Currency Issues]]
  
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:96 [[Cryptoassets]]
  
:[[Appendix 1: Common Expressions]]
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:97  [[Unremittable Assets]]
  
:[[Appendix 2: Construction of Deeming Provisions]]
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:98  [[ATED and SDLT]]
  
:[[Appendix 3: What Do We Mean by "Real"?]]
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:99  [[Who is the Settlor?]]
  
:[[Appendix 4: Parliamentarians]]
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:100  [[Multiple Settlors]]
  
:[[Appendix 5: Visiting Forces]]
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:101  [[Statutory Tax Indemnities]]
  
:[[Appendix 6: How to Improve Residence and Domicile Taxation]]
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:102  [[Situs of Assets for IHT]]
  
:[[Appendix 7: Reform of Offshore Anti-avoidance Rules]]
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:103 [[Situs of Assets for CGT]]
  
:[[Appendix 8: UK Arrival or Departure: Tax Checklist]]
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:104 [[Control Connected Close and Related Expressions]]
  
:[[Appendix 9: Welsh Devolution]]
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:105 [[Participation & % Investment Tests]]
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:106 [[Permanent Establishment and Branch/Agency]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Double Taxation Agreements IT/CGT</span></span>'''''
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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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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Double Taxation Agreements: IHT</span></span>'''''
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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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:116 [[IHT DTA: Netherlands]]
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:117 [[IHT DTA: South Africa]]
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:118 [[IHT DTA: Switzerland]]
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:119 [[IHT DTA: USA]]
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:120 [[Credit for Foreign IHT]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Administration</span></span>'''''
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:121 [[Reporting and Compliance]]
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:122 [[Tax Return Filing Position]]
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:123 [[Claims]]
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:124 [[Collection of IT/CGT from UK Representatives]]
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:125 [[Reporting and Compliance: IHT]]
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:126 [[Penalties]]
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:127 [[Failure to Prevent Tax Evasion]]
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:128 [[Reporting Offshore Trusts]]
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:129 [[International Movement of Capital: Reports]]
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:130 [[Common Reporting Standard]]
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:131 [[Trust Registration (TRS)]]
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:132 [[Customer Due Diligence]]
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:133 [[Money Laundering: Criminal Property]]
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:'''<big>Appendices</big>'''
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Words & Concepts</span></span>'''''
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:[[Appendix 1 Words of Dispute]]
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:[[Appendix 2 Common Legal Expressions]]
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:[[Appendix 3 Family Terminology]]
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:[[Appendix 3A Share/Security Terminology]]
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:[[Appendix 4 Consideration/Arm's Length/Full Value]]
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:[[Appendix 6 Beneficial Ownership/Entitlement]]
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:[[Appendix 7 What Do We Mean by "Real"]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Construction of Statutes</span></span>'''''
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:[[Appendix 8 Deeming Provisions]]
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:[[Appendix 9 Purpose in Tax Statutes]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Special Taxpayers</span></span>'''''
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:[[Appendix 10 Parliamentarians]]
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:[[Appendix 11 Visiting Forces]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"><span style="color:navy">Tax Reform</span></span>'''''
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:[[Appendix 13 How to Improve Residence and Domicile Taxation]]
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:[[Appendix 16 The Wisdom of Parliament]]
  
  
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Latest revision as of 10:56, 29 October 2024

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 KC.


Contents

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Introduction
Dedication
A1 FIG Relief/Abolition of Domicile
Non-dom Policy & Avoidance
1 Mobile Individuals: 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
36A Disguised Remuneration
36B Employer-Financed Retirement Benefits Scheme
37 Employment Income: DT Relief
38 Pension and Annuity Income
39 Benefit in Kind: Family Home and Chattels
40 Loans from 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 IHT
Entities
85 Partnerships
86 Partnership Income: Allocation
86A Salaried Members Code
86B Partnerships CGT
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 Reporting Offshore Trusts
129 International Movement of Capital: Reports
130 Common Reporting Standard
131 Trust Registration (TRS)
132 Customer Due Diligence
133 Money Laundering: Criminal Property


Appendices
Words & Concepts
Appendix 1 Words of Dispute
Appendix 2 Common Legal Expressions
Appendix 3 Family Terminology
Appendix 3A Share/Security 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 in Tax Statutes
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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