Tax Planning for Non-Residents & Non-Doms

By Nick Braun PhD

This unique guide shows you how to pay less tax if you are non-resident or non-domiciled.

Tax Planning for Non-Residents & Non-Doms is essential reading for:

• Anyone who wants to become non-resident and pay less income tax and capital gains tax.
• Non-domiciled individuals who want to make the most of their special tax status.
• Those looking for a plain English guide to the Statutory Residence Test.
• Anyone thinking about working or retiring abroad.

What Information is Contained in the Guide?

Tax Planning for Non-Residents & Non-Doms is written in plain English and is crammed full of examples and tax planning tips. Subjects covered include:

• A clear guide to how non-residents and non-domiciled individuals are taxed.
• A plain-English guide to the Statutory Residence Test, with lots of examples.
• Changes to the Statutory Residence Test because of the coronavirus situation.
• The temporary non-residence rules that tax your capital gains and dividends if you return to the UK within 5 years.
• How Brexit may affect your tax position.
• A detailed tax planning chapter for landlords covering the Non-Resident Landlord Scheme, how non-residents can pay less tax, overseas mortgage issues and how to beat the mortgage tax relief restriction which came into full force this year.
• How company owners can enjoy tax-free dividends by becoming non-resident.
• ... including one individual who stands to save £58,275 income tax on his dividends.
• The rules for company owners who extract dividends while temporarily non-resident.
• A detailed chapter on pension planning for those looking to retire abroad... including how to minimise income tax.
• How employment income is taxed if you live abroad.
• Tax issues to consider if you would like to work from home... in another country.
• A detailed list of tax havens and countries that do not tax UK income.
• How HMRC gathers information from other countries.
• Full details of the new CGT rules for non-residents selling UK residential property.
• How you can still save thousands by emigrating before you sell UK property.
• New CGT rules applying to non-residential property and company owners from April 2019.
• Countries will low or zero capital gains tax.
• How to determine whether you are UK domiciled or non-domiciled.
• How non-domiciled individuals can use the remittance basis to reduce UK tax.
• How every non-domiciled couple can save an extra £1,599 tax every year.
• How to avoid the £30,000 and £60,000 remittance basis charges.
• The new "deemed UK domiciled" rules for those who have lived here over 15 years.
• How non-domiciled individuals can make tax-free remittances, including:
  • the exemption for clothing, jewellery and expensive watches.
  • the exemption that lets you buy unlimited items costing under £1,000.
  • the Business Investment Relief for those investing in UK companies.
• How non doms can use excluded property trusts to escape UK inheritance tax.
• Recent inheritance tax changes affecting non doms.
• How offshore trusts can still be used to roll up income and capital gains tax free.
• How double tax treaties can be used to save tax.

Examples are used throughout to explain important points.

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