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UK capital gains tax liability of temporary non-residents

Produced by a Tolley Personal Tax expert
Personal Tax
Guidance

UK capital gains tax liability of temporary non-residents

Produced by a Tolley Personal Tax expert
Personal Tax
Guidance
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STOP PRESS: The remittance basis is to be abolished from 6 April 2025, although this only applies to foreign income and gains arising on or after that date. The remittance basis rules still apply to unremitted income and gains arising before that date but remitted later. The legislation is included in Finance Bill 2025. For more details, see the Abolition of the remittance basis from 2025/26 guidance note.

Introduction

Any individuals returning to the UK after a period of absence should consider whether the temporary non-residence anti-avoidance provisions apply.

The temporary non-residence rules apply where an individual has been resident in the UK at any time during at least four of the seven tax years prior to departure and is non-resident in the UK for five years or less. Where this is the case, the anti-avoidance rules mean that certain types of UK and foreign income and gains which arose during the period of non-residence are taxed in the tax year in which the individual returns to the UK.

The temporary

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