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Remittance basis charge or assessment of worldwide income and gains


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Personal Tax
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Remittance basis charge or assessment of worldwide income and gains


Produced by a Tolley Personal Tax expert
Personal Tax
Guidance
tag-icon Year-end tax planning
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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.

This guidance note explores whether those who are entitled to use the remittance basis should do so. Before this question can be answered, the individual needs to understand:

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    the scope of the remittance basis

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    whether they have to make a claim for the remittance basis, and

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    whether they have to pay the remittance basis charge for making a claim

The decision as to whether to use the remittance basis is made on an annual basis. If an individual chooses not to use it, then they are taxable in the UK on their worldwide income and gains using the

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