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<big>This site is the successor to [https://www.kessler.co.uk James Kessler's]''Taxation of Non-Residents and Foreign Domiciliaries''. The reforms of the FA 2025, which one might summarise as the abolition of domicile, have required a new title. But the approach of this work is unaltered. It seeks to provide as much information as possible about the UK taxation of individuals and trusts, the broad topic known as private client tax.  Discussion includes:
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# Taxation of foreign domiciliaries
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# Income Tax, CGT and IHT on individuals and trusts
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# Taxation of non-residents on UK income and assets
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# The territorial limits of UK tax (now based on residence, situs and source)
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# Taxation of UK residents on foreign income and assets
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# Other topics arising in this context, including tax avoidance, disclosure and compliance
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It is the online version of the book [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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<big>'''Contents'''</big>
 
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[[Update]]
  
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[[Introduction]]
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:[[Introduction]]
  
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:1  [[Foreign Domicile: Tax Policy and Reforms]]
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:[[Dedication]]
  
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:2  [[Wake Up and Smell the Coffee: Public Debate on Tax Avoidance]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%"> Mobile Individuals Policy & Avoidance</span>'''''
  
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:4   [[Deemed Domicile for IHT]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%">Residence</span>'''''
  
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:6   [[Residence of Companies]]
  
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:10  [[Split Years: Arrival and Departure]]
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:11  [[Temporary Non-residence: Post-2013 Departures]]
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:8  [[Split Years]]
  
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:11A  [[Temporary Non-residence: Pre-2013 Departures]]
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:9  [[Temporary Non-residence]]
  
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:12 [[The Remittance Basis]]
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:13 [[The Meaning of Remittance]]
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:11 [[UK Arrival or Departure: Tax Checklist]]
  
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%">Income Tax: Principles</span>'''''
  
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:15 [[Mixed Funds]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%">FIG Relief: TRF & Former Remittance Basis</span>'''''
  
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%">Income by Category</span>'''''
  
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:25 [[Mis Sweep-Up Income]]
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:20A [[Cessations and Trading Stock]]
  
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:27 [[Travel Expenses: Employment Income Deduction
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:21 [[Trading in Land]]
  
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:22 [[Performers]]
  
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:25 [[Pension and Annuity Income]]
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:26 [[Discretionary Trusts: Income Tax]]
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:26 [[Exempt Interest of Non-Residents]]
  
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:30 [[Corporation Tax on Company Distributions]]
  
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:32 [[Intellectual Property Income]]
  
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:35 [[Travel Expenses: Employment Income]]
  
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:38 [[Accrued Income Profits]]
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:36 [[PAYE]]
  
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:39 [[Deeply Discounted Securities]]
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:37 [[Disguised Remuneration/Trading Income]]
  
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:39 [[Benefit in Kind: Family Home and Chattels]]
  
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:42 [[Partnerships]]
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:40 [[Loans from Companies]]
  
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:43  [[Non-Residents Income Tax Relief]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%">IT: General</span>'''''
  
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:44 [[Collection of Tax from UK Representatives]]
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:41 [[Discretionary Trusts: Income Tax]]
  
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:45 [[Investment Manager Exemptions]]
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:42 [[IIP Trusts: Income Tax]]
  
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:46 [[Loans from Non-Resident Companies]]
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:43 [[Rates of Income Tax/CGT]]
  
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:47 [[Rates of Tax]]
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:44 [[Personal Allowances]]
  
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:48 [[Personal Allowances and Annual Exemptions]]
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:50  [[Capital Gains of UK Residents]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%">IT Avoidance Codes</span>'''''
  
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:51 [[Gains of Non-Resident Settlor-Interested Trusts: s.86]]
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:52 [[Capital Payments from Non-Resident Trusts: s.87]]
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:48 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Introduction]]
  
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:53 [[Borrowing by Non-resident Trust: Sch 4B]]
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:49 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Transferors]]
  
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:54 [[Gains of Non-Resident Companies]]
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:50 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Benefits]]
  
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:51 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Relief from Overlapping Charges]]
  
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:56 [[Foreign Currency Issues]]
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:52 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Motive Defence]]
  
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:53 [[Profit Fragmentation]]
  
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:58 [[Double Taxation Agreements: Introduction]]
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:59 [[Foreign Tax Credit Relief]]
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:55 [[Transactions in Securities]]
  
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:60  [[EU Law and UK Taxation]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%">Capital Gains Tax</span>'''''
  
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:61 [[Deemed Domicile for IHT]]
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:57 [[UK Property Held by Non-Residents]]
  
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:59 [[Residential Property: CGT]]
  
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:60 [[Gains of Non-Resident Settlor-Interested Trusts: s.86]]
  
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:61 [[Capital Payments from Non-Resident Trusts: s.87 Code]]
  
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:67 [[IHT on Death: Wills and IOVs]]
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:62 [[Borrowing by Non-Resident Trust: Sch 4B]]
  
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:68 [[Double Inheritance Taxation: Introduction]]
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:63 [[Sub-Funds]]
  
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%">Funds</span>'''''
  
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:72 [[Foreign IHT Credit Relief]]
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:66 [[Funds: Terms & Concepts]]
  
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:69 [[Unit Trusts & Transparent Funds]]
  
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%">Investment Management</span>'''''
  
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:79 [[Estates of Deceased Persons: CGT]]
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:72 [[Investment Manager Exemptions]]
  
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:73 [[Carried Interest/Investment Management Fees: Introduction]]
  
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:81 [[Who is the Settlor?]]
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:74 [[Carried Interest]]
  
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:82 [[Trusts with Two or More Settlors]]
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:75 [[Investment Management Fees]]
  
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:83  [[Situs of Assets for IHT]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%">Inheritance Tax</span>'''''
  
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:84 [[Situs of Assets for CGT]]
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:76 [[IHT Terms and Concepts]]
  
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:77 [[Excluded Property: Definition]]
  
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:78 [[Excluded Property Exemptions]]
  
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:79 [[Wills and IOVs]]
  
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:88 [[Disclosure and Compliance]]
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:80 [[Reservation of Benefit]]
  
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:89 [[Swiss Tax Agreement Introduction]]
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:81 [[Inter-Trust Transfers: IHT]]
  
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:90 [[STA Clearance Facility]]
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:82 [[IHT Treatment of Debts]]
  
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:91 [[STA Withholding Tax]]
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:83 [[IHT Close-Company Code]]
  
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:92 [[Disclosure of Information by Swiss Authorities]]
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:84 [[IHT Residential-Property Code]]
  
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:93 [[Criminal Law and Professional Conduct]]
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:85 [[Pre-Owned Assets]]
  
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:[[Appendix 1: Terminology]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%">Partnerships</span>'''''
  
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:[[Appendix 2: Construction of Deeming Provisions]]
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:87  [[Partnership Income: Allocation]]
  
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:[[Appendix 4: Parliamentarians]]
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:88  [[Salaried Members Code]]
  
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:[[Appendix 5: Visiting Forces]]
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:89  [[Partnerships CGT]]
  
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:[[Appendix 6: Students]]
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%">Entities</span>'''''
  
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:[[Appendix 7: Entertainers and Sportspeople]]
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:90  [[Settlement, Bare Trust, and Associated Terminology]]
  
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:[[Appendix 8: How to Improve Residence and Domicile Taxation]]
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:91  [[Estates of Deceased Persons: CGT]]
  
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:[[Appendix 9: Reform of Non-Residence Anti- Avoidance Rules]]
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:92  [[Estates of Deceased Persons: Income Tax]]
  
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:[[Appendix 10: Issues to Consider Before UK Arrival or Departure: Checklist]]
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:93  [[Foreign Entities]]
  
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:[[Appendix 11: Travel Expenses: Employment Income Deduction]]
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:94  [[Hybrid Entities]]
  
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%">Pensions & Employment Benefit Trusts</span>'''''
  
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:96  [[Employer-Financed Retirement Benefits Scheme]]
  
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:99  [[Non-Resident Spouse]]
  
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:100 [[Joint Accounts]]
  
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:102 [[Cryptoassets]]
  
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:103 [[Unremittable Assets]]
  
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:107 [[Statutory Tax Indemnities]]
  
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:108 [[Situs of Assets for IHT]]
  
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:109 [[Situs of Assets for CGT]]
  
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:'''''<span style="font-size:106%">Double Taxation Agreements: IT/CGT</span>'''''
  
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:113 [[Double Taxation Arrangements: Introduction]]
  
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:114 [[DTA Anti-abuse Rules]]
  
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:115 [[Third Party Relief/Savings Clause]]
  
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:117 [[Credit for Foreign Tax]]
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:118 [[Non-discrimination]]
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:119 [[Mutual Agreement Procedure]]
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:120 [[IHT Double Taxation Treaties: Introduction]]
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:121 [[IHT DTAs: India, Pakistan, Italy, France]]
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:122 [[IHT DTA: South Africa]]
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:123 [[IHT DTA: USA]]
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:124 [[IHT DTA: Netherlands]]
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:125 [[IHT DTA: Switzerland]]
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:126 [[Credit for Foreign IHT]]
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:127 [[Reporting and Compliance]]
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:128 [[Tax Return Filing Position]]
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:129 [[Claims]]
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:130 [[Collection of IT/CGT from UK Representatives]]
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:131 [[Reporting and Compliance: IHT]]
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:132 [[Penalties]]
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:133 [[Failure to Prevent Tax Evasion]]
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:134 [[Reporting Offshore Trusts]]
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:135 [[International Movement of Capital: Reports]]
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Latest revision as of 13:12, 7 January 2026

This site is the successor to James Kessler'sTaxation of Non-Residents and Foreign Domiciliaries. The reforms of the FA 2025, which one might summarise as the abolition of domicile, have required a new title. But the approach of this work is unaltered. It seeks to provide as much information as possible about the UK taxation of individuals and trusts, the broad topic known as private client tax. Discussion includes:

  1. Income Tax, CGT and IHT on individuals and trusts
  2. The territorial limits of UK tax (now based on residence, situs and source)
  3. Other topics arising in this context, including tax avoidance, disclosure and compliance

This is a wide set of subjects, but in taxation, as in life, everything is connected.

Contents

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Introduction
Dedication
Mobile Individuals Policy & Avoidance
1 Mobile Individuals: Tax Policy
2 Tax Avoidance
3 Targeted Anti-Avoidance Rules (TAARs)
Residence
4 Residence of Individuals
5 Residence of Trustees
6 Residence of Companies
7 Treaty-Residence
8 Split Years
9 Temporary Non-residence
10 Exit Taxes
11 UK Arrival or Departure: Tax Checklist
Income Tax: Principles
12 Income and its Categorisation
13 Source/Territorial Principles
14 Income Recognition: Receive/Entitled/Arise/Paid
FIG Relief: TRF & Former Remittance Basis
15 FIG Relief & Overseas Workday Relief
16 Temporary Repatriation Facility
17 The Remittance Basis
18 Remittance Reliefs
19 Mixed Funds
Income by Category
20 Trading Income
20A Cessations and Trading Stock
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 Corporation Tax on Company Distributions
31 Annual Payments
32 Intellectual Property Income
33 Misc Sweep-Up Income
Employment Income
34 Employment Income
35 Travel Expenses: Employment Income
36 PAYE
37 Disguised Remuneration/Trading Income
38 Employment Income: DT Relief
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-Resident 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 & Transparent Funds
70 Life Policies and Contracts
71 Intermediated Securities
Investment Management
72 Investment Manager Exemptions
73 Carried Interest/Investment Management Fees: Introduction
74 Carried Interest
75 Investment Management Fees
Inheritance Tax
76 IHT Terms and Concepts
77 Excluded Property: Definition
78 Excluded Property Exemptions
79 Wills and IOVs
80 Reservation of Benefit
81 Inter-Trust Transfers: IHT
82 IHT Treatment of Debts
83 IHT Close-Company Code
84 IHT Residential-Property Code
85 Pre-Owned Assets
Partnerships
86 Partnerships
87 Partnership Income: Allocation
88 Salaried Members Code
89 Partnerships CGT
Entities
90 Settlement, Bare Trust, and Associated Terminology
91 Estates of Deceased Persons: CGT
92 Estates of Deceased Persons: Income Tax
93 Foreign Entities
94 Hybrid Entities
Pensions & Employment Benefit Trusts
95 Pension and Annuity Income
96 Employer-Financed Retirement Benefits Scheme
97 Pension IHT
Topics affecting more than one tax
98 Pre-2025 Protected Trust Income
99 Non-Resident Spouse
100 Joint Accounts
101 Foreign Currency Issues
102 Cryptoassets
103 Unremittable Assets
104 ATED and SDLT
105 Who is the Settlor?
106 Multiple Settlors
107 Statutory Tax Indemnities
108 Situs of Assets for IHT
109 Situs of Assets for CGT
110 Control Connected Close and Related Expressions
111 Participation, % Investment & Material Interest Tests
112 Permanent Establishment
Double Taxation Agreements: IT/CGT
113 Double Taxation Arrangements: Introduction
114 DTA Anti-abuse Rules
115 Third Party Relief/Savings Clause
116 Limitation on Benefits
117 Credit for Foreign Tax
118 Non-discrimination
119 Mutual Agreement Procedure
Double Taxation Agreements: IHT
120 IHT Double Taxation Treaties: Introduction
121 IHT DTAs: India, Pakistan, Italy, France
122 IHT DTA: South Africa
123 IHT DTA: USA
124 IHT DTA: Netherlands
125 IHT DTA: Switzerland
126 Credit for Foreign IHT
Administration
127 Reporting and Compliance
128 Tax Return Filing Position
129 Claims
130 Collection of IT/CGT from UK Representatives
131 Reporting and Compliance: IHT
132 Penalties
133 Failure to Prevent Tax Evasion
134 Reporting Offshore Trusts
135 International Movement of Capital: Reports
CRS & Money Laundering
136 Common Reporting Standard
137 Trust Registration (TRS)
138 Customer Due Diligence
139 Money Laundering: POCA


Appendices
Words & Concepts
Appendix 1 Words of Dispute
Appendix 2 Common Legal Expressions
Appendix 3 Family Terminology
Appendix 4 Share/Security Terminology
Appendix 5 Consideration, Arm's Length, Full Value
Appendix 6 Commercial/View to Profit
Appendix 7 Beneficial Ownership/Entitlement
Appendix 8 Domicile
Statutory Construction
Appendix 9 Purposive Construction
Appendix 10 Substance and Reality
Appendix 11 Deeming Provisions
Special Taxpayers
Appendix 12 Parliamentarians
Appendix 13 Visiting Forces
Appendix 14 Diplomats
Appendix 15 Sovereign Immunity
Appendix 16 Students and Teachers
Appendix 17 Continental Shelf
Tax Reform
Appendix 18 How to Improve Private Client Taxation
Appendix 19 Reform of Offshore Anti-Avoidance Law
Appendix 20 Citizenship-based Taxation
Appendix 21 The Wisdom of Parliament



2025/26 edition

The 2025/26 edition of Kessler on Private Client Taxation is available online and will be published in paper in August. The online version is the better choice as it has been updated since the paper version went to print and will continue to be updated during the year.

To access PCT online, you will need an online licence. To obtain this, go to the publishers website or email [email protected] Licences for previous editions are not valid for the current edition.

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