Individuals coming to the UK

FORTHCOMING CHANGE:Abolition of non-dom regime and introduction of residence-based IHT regime At Autumn Budget 2024 on 30 October 2024, the Labour government confirmed that it will proceed with plans of the former Conservative administration to abolish the remittance basis of taxation and replace it with a residence-based regime, to commence on 6 April 2025. The government also confirmed its intention to move to a residence-based regime for inheritance tax. The changes will also affect the rules determining excluded property status, the Abolition of protected settlements status of offshore trusts, and changes to overseas workday relief.

For information on these changes, including draft legislation published with Autumn Budget 2024, see: Autumn Budget 2024—Private Client analysis — International and Autumn Budget 2024 (paras 2.56 and 5.51), OOTLAR (para 1.3) and TIIN: Reforming the taxation of non-UK domiciled individuals.

UK tax liability

The concepts of residence and domicile are used to establish the extent of an individual's liability to UK taxation. See Practice Note: Introductory guide to residence and domicile for UK tax purposes for an introduction to this topic.

Residence before 6 April 2013

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