The planning opportunities and pitfalls for non-domiciles arising from the recent consultation document.
KEY POINTS
- From April 2017 non-doms who have been UK-resident for 15 of the previous 20 tax years will be deemed UK domicile.
- Deemed domiciles will be able to rebase the cost of foreign assets to the market value on 6 April 2017.
- Rules for offshore trusts will be amended but there will not be a benefits charge.
- Fundamental change in inheritance tax on UK residential property.
The government is pressing ahead unwaveringly with its latest set of proposals to reform the UK tax regime for non-domiciles.
George Osborne then chancellor announced the proposed changes in the 2015 summer Budget. On 19 August the Treasury published Reforms to the Taxation of Non-domiciles: further consultation. It contains a lot of new detail and it is clear that non-doms and their advisers have much work to...
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