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27 May 2008 / Phillip Dearden

Issue: 4160 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , Capital Gains , Residence & domicile

PHILLIP DEARDEN casts his eye over the proposed new rules affecting offshore trusts

KEY POINTS

Non-resident companies' capital gains will be taxable on UK resident shareholders
Offshore funds which qualify for distributor status may have to follow new reporting rules
Clear legislation on residence would be welcome

A number of offshore-related changes to UK legislation were contained in both the 2008 Budget and the Finance Bill. There had been much trailing of changes to the way that non-domiciliaries are taxed. These were followed by suggestions draft legislation and then a Finance Bill.

The Bill pulled back from some of the earlier proposals which had been suggested regarding the way that non-domiciliaries who are resident in the UK are taxed. (See my articles Domicile and residence and A lot of thinking to do! for consideration of these various proposals.)

The non-domiciliary changes are not the only implication for offshore trusts as there are...

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Offshore matters

© Copyright LexisNexis 2024. All rights reserved.

27 May 2008 / Phillip Dearden

PHILLIP DEARDEN casts his eye over the proposed new rules affecting offshore trusts

KEY POINTS

Non-resident companies' capital gains will be taxable on UK resident shareholders
Offshore funds which qualify for distributor status may have to follow new reporting rules
Clear legislation on residence would be welcome

A number of offshore-related changes to UK legislation were contained in both the 2008 Budget and the Finance Bill. There had been much trailing of changes to the way that non-domiciliaries are taxed. These were followed by suggestions draft legislation and then a Finance Bill.

The Bill pulled back from some of the earlier proposals which had been suggested regarding the way that non-domiciliaries who are resident in the UK are taxed. (See my articles Domicile and residence and A lot of thinking to do! for consideration of these various proposals.)

The non-domiciliary changes are not the only implication for offshore trusts as there are...

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4160

Categories: Comment & Analysis [1] , Capital Gains [2] , Residence & domicile [3]

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