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Pre-Budget Report
Non-domiciled individuals

The rules on non-domiciled individuals will affect a diverse group that includes sports people, the super-rich, entrepreneurs and employees in financial services, the oil industry, high-technology companies and the health service. Individuals can claim non-domiciled status if the country with which they have the deepest connections, usually their place of birth, is outside the UK.

The rules will affect people who have been living in the UK for more than seven out of the past 10 years from next April. As well as paying the £30,000 charge, individuals opting for non-domiciled status will not be able to claim personal allowances.

The Treasury said it would consult on the question of whether non-domiciled individuals living in the UK for more than 10 years should pay more tax. People with unremitted foreign income of less than £1,000 will be exempt from the new rules.

The Treasury also announced changes to “anomalies” in the rules, which mean that individuals can avoid paying UK tax on foreign income and gains brought into the UK. The proposed changes would remove the “ceased source” rule and reduce the scope to use offshore structures, such as companies and trusts, which convert taxable income and gains into non-taxable payments.

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Levels and bases of, and reliefs from, taxation are subject to change.

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