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STOP PRESS: At Spring Budget 2024, the Chancellor announced that the remittance basis would 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. For more details, see the Abolition of the remittance basis from 2025/26 guidance note.

In the UK, income that a person receives as the holder of an office or employment is charged to tax as employment income. Employment income is defined in ITEPA 2003, s 7 as either ‘general earnings’ or ‘specific employment income’. Special rules apply to the taxation of general earnings of individuals who are ‘not resident’ or ‘not domiciled’ in the UK. These special rules do not apply to specific employment income. For more detailed information on types of employment income, see the Tax on cash earnings ― overview guidance note.

Holding an office or employment