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Readers’ forum: Will income tax exemption apply to UK work trip?

13 March 2023
Issue: 4880 / Categories: Forum & Feedback , Income Tax
Work and leisure

I have been asked to provide guidance to a tax adviser in Brazil.

His client is a freelance television producer who lives and works in Brazil. She will be providing production services to a media organisation which is covering the Women’s Finalissima football match at Wembley Stadium on 6 April 2023.

The media organisation is accredited with UEFA. She will arrive in the UK on 30 March and plans to leave on 14 April. She expects to work from arrival until the end of 7 April and will spend the rest of the time travelling around the UK.

Will she fall within the income tax exemption for duties connected with Finalissima (under the major sporting event regulations for Finalissima which are expected imminently) and what does the adviser need to do to make sure she does not inadvertently end up with an unexpected tax bill?

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