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US grantor trusts

18 January 2011
Issue: 4288 / Categories: Forum & Feedback , Business , Residence & domicile
A US citizen who has lived in the UK for two years is the beneficiary of a US grantor trust and a US non-grantor trust

I have a client who is a US citizen and has been living in the UK for more than two years.

He is a non-UK domicile with a US grantor trust and also US non-grantor trust.

Sometimes he is in receipt of income from both trusts but there have been years that he has not been. My questions are as follows.

  1. How is the US grantor trust treated as a UK resident but filing on a remittance basis?
  2. How is the US non-grantor trust treated as a UK resident but filing on a remittance basis?
  3. How is the US grantor trust treated as a UK resident if filing on an arising basis?
  4. How is the US non-grantor trust treated as a UK resident if filing on an arising basis?

If he is not in receipt of income...

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