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Remittance refresher

29 November 2011 / Rob Durrant-Walker
Issue: 4332 / Categories: Comment & Analysis , Admin , Residence & domicile
ROB DURRANT-WALKER serves a livener for those dealing with short-term residents

KEY POINTS

  • The remittance basis: who it applies to and making claims.
  • Currency accounts and transfers between them.
  • Examples of remittances and relevant persons.
  • Mixed funds and the deemed order of remittances.
  • Setting off foreign capital losses.

Got a long cool drink ready? The aim of this remittance basis refresher is to show that the remittance basis (RB) does not require a chemical warfare suit with which to approach it nor is it a top-ten preserve but it is still pernickety for the unprepared.

There are also some prospective changes arising from the recent consultation document on non-domiciles Reform of the Taxation of Non-Domiciled Individuals for which the publication of responses is imminent at the time of my writing this in mid-November – and these...

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