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[F1Effect of section 809B, 809D or 809E applyingU.K.

Textual Amendments

F1Pt. 14 Ch. A1 inserted (21.7.2008 with effect in accordance with Sch. 7 para. 81 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2008 (c. 9), Sch. 7 para. 1 (with Sch. 7 paras. 85-89)

809FEffect on what is chargeableU.K.

(1)This section applies if section 809B, 809D or 809E applies to an individual for a tax year.

(2)The individual's relevant foreign earnings for that year are charged in accordance with section 22 or 26 of ITEPA 2003.

(3)The individual's relevant foreign income for that year is charged in accordance with section 832 of ITTOIA 2005.

(4)[F2The] individual's foreign chargeable gains for that year are charged in accordance with [F3paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to TCGA 1992].

(5)For the effect on amounts which count as employment income of the individual under certain provisions of Part 7 of ITEPA 2003 (employment-related securities), see Chapter 5A of Part 2 of that Act.

[F4(5A)For the effect on amounts which count as employment income under Chapter 2 of Part 7A of ITEPA 2003, see sections 554Z9 to 554Z11 of that Act.]

(6)Nothing in this section applies in relation to nominated income or chargeable gains (see section 809H).

Textual Amendments

F2Word in s. 809F(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 46 para. 25 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 46 para. 22 (with Sch. 46 para. 26)

F3Words in s. 809F(4) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 102

F4S. 809F(5A) inserted (19.7.2011) (with effect in accordance with Sch . 2 para. 52-59 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2011 (c. 11), Sch. 2 para. 41

809GClaim for remittance basis: effect on allowances etcU.K.

(1)This section applies if section 809B (claim for remittance basis to apply) applies to an individual for a tax year.

(2)For that year, the individual is not entitled to—

(a)any allowance under Chapter 2 of Part 3 (personal allowance and blind person's allowance),

(b)any tax reduction under Chapter 3 of that Part (tax reductions for married couples and civil partners), F5...

[F6(ba)any tax reduction under Chapter 3A of that Part (transferable tax allowance for married couples and civil partners), or]

(c)any relief under section 457 [F7or 458] (payments for life insurance etc).

(3)See also [F8section 1K(6)] of TCGA 1992 (no annual exempt amount for chargeable gains).

Textual Amendments

F5Word in s. 809G(2) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 11(12) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), s. 11(8)(a)

F6S. 809G(2)(ba) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 11(12) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), s. 11(8)(b)

F7Words in s. 809G(2)(c) substituted (17.7.2012) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 39 para. 32(6) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 39 para. 32(2)(d)

F8Words in s. 809G(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 1 paras. 120, 123 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2019 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 103

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. 14 Ch. A1 modified by 2005 c. 5, s. 643F(4) (as inserted (with effect for the tax year 2018-19 and subsequent years) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 10 paras. 11, 21(1) (with Sch. 11 para. 22))

C2Pt. 14 Ch. A1 modified by 2005 c. 5, s. 643N(3)(4) (as inserted (with effect for the tax year 2018-19 and subsequent years) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 10 paras. 11, 21(1) (with Sch. 11 para. 22))

C3S. 809G excluded (with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 16(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 8 para. 16(3)

C4S. 809G excluded (with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 15(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 8 para. 15(3)

C5Ss. 809G, 809H excluded (15.3.2018) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 10 para. 2(3)

809HClaim for remittance basis by long-term UK resident: chargeU.K.

(1)This section applies if—

(a)section 809B (claim for remittance basis to apply) applies to an individual for a tax year (“the relevant tax year”),

(b)the individual is aged 18 or over in the relevant tax year, and

[F9(c)the individual meets F10... the 12-year residence test or the 7-year residence test for the relevant tax year.]

[F11(1A)See section [F12809CF13..., (1A)] and (1B) for when an individual meets F14... the 12-year residence test or the 7-year residence test for a tax year.]

(2)Income tax is charged on nominated income, and capital gains tax is charged on nominated chargeable gains, as if section 809B did not apply to the individual for the relevant tax year (and neither did section 809D).

(3)Nominated” income or chargeable gains means income or chargeable gains nominated under section 809C in the individual's claim under section 809B for the relevant tax year.

[F15(3A)If the individual is a Scottish taxpayer for the relevant tax year, the individual is to be treated for the purpose of calculating income tax charged by virtue of subsection (2) as if the individual were not a Scottish taxpayer for that year.]

[F16(3B)If the individual is a Welsh taxpayer for the relevant tax year, the individual is to be treated for the purpose of calculating income tax charged by virtue of subsection (2) as if the individual were not a Welsh taxpayer for that year.]

(4)If the relevant tax increase would otherwise be less than [F17the applicable amount], subsection (2) has effect as if—

(a)in addition to the income and gains actually nominated under section 809C in the individual's claim under section 809B for the relevant tax year, an amount of income had been nominated so as to make the relevant tax increase equal to [F17the applicable amount], and

(b)the individual's income for that year were such that such a nomination could have been made (if that is not the case).

(5)The relevant tax increase” is—

(a)the total amount of income tax and capital gains tax payable by the individual for the relevant tax year, minus

(b)the total amount of income tax and capital gains tax that would be payable by the individual for the relevant tax year apart from subsection (2).

[F18(5A)The references to income tax in subsection (5) do not include income tax under section 424 (gift aid).]

[F19(5B)The applicable amount” is—

F20(za). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(a)if the individual meets the 12-year residence test for the relevant tax year, [F21£60,000];

(b)if the individual meets the 7-year residence test for the relevant tax year, £30,000.]

(6)Nothing in subsection (4) affects what is regarded, for the purposes of section 809I or 809J, as nominated under section 809C.

Textual Amendments

F9S. 809H(1)(c) substituted (17.7.2012) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 5 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 12 para. 3(2)

F10Words in s. 809H(1)(c) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 14(6) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 8 para. 14(5)(a)

F11S. 809H(1A) inserted (17.7.2012) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 5 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 12 para. 3(3)

F12Words in s. 809H(1A) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 24(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 24(3)(b)(i)

F13Words in s. 809H(1A) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 14(6) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 8 para. 14(5)(b)(i)

F14Words in s. 809H(1A) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 14(6) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 8 para. 14(5)(b)(ii)

F15S. 809H(3A) substituted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 38 para. 12 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2014 (c. 26), Sch. 38 para. 8

F16S. 809H(3B) inserted (24.7.2018) by Wales Act 2014 (c. 29), ss. 9(8), 14, 29(4); S.I. 2018/892, art. 3 (with arts. 5, 6, 8)

F17Words in s. 809H(4) substituted (17.7.2012) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 5 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 12 para. 3(4)

F18S. 809H(5A) inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 27 para. 15(1) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2009 (c. 10), Sch. 27 para. 5

F19S. 809H(5B) inserted (17.7.2012) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 5 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 12 para. 3(5)

F20S. 809H(5B)(za) omitted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 14(6) of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 8 para. 14(5)(c)

F21Sum in s. 809H(5B)(a) substituted (with effect in accordance with s. 24(4) of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), s. 24(3)(c)(ii)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C5Ss. 809G, 809H excluded (15.3.2018) by Finance Act 2018 (c. 3), Sch. 10 para. 2(3)

C6S. 809H excluded (with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 16(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 8 para. 16(3)

C7S. 809H excluded (with effect in accordance with Sch. 8 para. 15(1)(2) of the amending Act) by Finance (No. 2) Act 2017 (c. 32), Sch. 8 para. 15(3)

809IRemittance basis charge: income and gains treated as remittedU.K.

(1)This section applies if—

(a)any of an individual's nominated income and gains is remitted to the United Kingdom in a tax year, F22...

(b)any of the individual's remittance basis income and gains has not been remitted to the United Kingdom in or before that year[F23, and

(c)the £10 test is met for that year.]

(2)Income tax and capital gains tax are charged, for that year and subsequent tax years, as if the income and chargeable gains treated under section 809J as remitted to the United Kingdom by the individual in that tax year had been so remitted (and income and chargeable gains of the individual that were actually remitted in that year had not been).

(3)An individual's “nominated income and gains” are the total income and chargeable gains nominated by the individual under section 809C for the tax year mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or any earlier tax year [F24(each such year for which the individual has made a nomination under that section being referred to as a “nomination year”)].

(4)An individual's “remittance basis income and gains” are the foreign income and gains of the individual for all the tax years (up to and including the tax year mentioned in subsection (1)(a)) for which section 809B, 809D or 809E applies to the individual, apart from the individual's nominated income and gains.

[F25(5)The £10 test is met for the tax year mentioned in subsection (1)(a) (“year X”) if, taking each nomination year separately, the cumulative total as respects at least one nomination year exceeds £10.

(6)In relation to a nomination year—

(a)the cumulative total” means the sum, for all the tax years in aggregate up to and including year X, of the amounts of relevant income and gains remitted to the United Kingdom in those tax years from that nomination year, and

(b)relevant income and gains” means the income and chargeable gains nominated by the individual under section 809C for that nomination year.]

Textual Amendments

F22Word in s. 809I(1)(a) omitted (17.7.2012) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 21 of the amending Act) by virtue of Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 12 para. 20(2)(a)

F23S. 809I(1)(c) and preceding word inserted (17.7.2012) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 21 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 12 para. 20(2)(b)

F24Words in s. 809I(3) inserted (17.7.2012) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 21 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 12 para. 20(3)

F25S. 809I(5)(6) inserted (17.7.2012) (with effect in accordance with Sch. 12 para. 21 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2012 (c. 14), Sch. 12 para. 20(4)

809JSection 809I: order of remittancesU.K.

(1)If section 809I applies, the following steps are to be taken for the purpose of determining the income or gains treated in a tax year (“the relevant tax year”) as remitted to the United Kingdom by the individual.

Step 1

Find the total amount of—

(a)the individual's nominated income and gains, and

(b)the individual's remittance basis income and gains,

that have been remitted to the United Kingdom in the relevant tax year.

This amount is “the relevant amount”.

Step 2

Find the amount of foreign income and gains of the individual for the relevant tax year (other than income or chargeable gains nominated under section 809C) that is within each of the categories of income and gains in paragraphs (a) to (h) of subsection (2).

If none of sections 809B, 809D and 809E apply to the individual for that year, treat those amounts as nil (and accordingly go to step 6).

Step 3

Find the earliest paragraph for which the amount determined under step 2 is not nil.

If that amount does not exceed the relevant amount, treat the individual as having remitted the income or gains within that paragraph (and for that tax year).

Otherwise, treat the individual as having remitted the relevant proportion of each kind of income or gains within that paragraph (and for that tax year).

“The relevant proportion” is the relevant amount divided by the amount determined under step 2 for that paragraph.

Step 4

Reduce the relevant amount by the amount taken into account under step 3.

Step 5

If the relevant amount (as reduced under step 4) is not nil, start again at step 3.

In step 3, read the reference to the earliest paragraph of the kind mentioned there as a reference to the earliest such paragraph which has not previously been taken into account under that step.

Step 6

If the relevant amount (as reduced) is not nil once steps 3 to 5 have been undertaken in relation to all paragraphs of subsection (2) for which the amount determined under step 2 is not nil, start again at step 2.

In step 2, read the reference to the foreign income and gains of the individual for the relevant tax year as a reference to such of the foreign income and gains of the individual for the appropriate tax year as had not been remitted by the beginning of the relevant tax year.

The appropriate tax year” is the latest tax year which is—

(a)before the last tax year for which step 2 has been undertaken, and

(b)a tax year for which section 809B, 809D or 809E applies to the individual.

(2)The kinds of income and gains are—

(a)relevant foreign earnings (other than those subject to a foreign tax),

(b)foreign specific employment income (other than income subject to a foreign tax),

(c)relevant foreign income (other than income subject to a foreign tax),

(d)foreign chargeable gains (other than gains subject to a foreign tax),

(e)relevant foreign earnings subject to a foreign tax,

(f)foreign specific employment income subject to a foreign tax,

(g)relevant foreign income subject to a foreign tax, and

(h)foreign chargeable gains subject to a foreign tax.

(3)In this section the individual's “nominated income and gains” are the total income and chargeable gains nominated by the individual under section 809C for the relevant tax year or any earlier tax year.

(4)In step 1 of subsection (1) the individual's “remittance basis income and gains” are the foreign income and gains of the individual for all the tax years (up to and including the relevant tax year) for which section 809B, 809D or 809E applies to the individual, apart from the individual's nominated income and gains.

(5)In step 6 of subsection (1) the reference to income or gains being remitted is—

(a)as respects any tax year before section 809I applies, to income or gains being remitted to the United Kingdom, and

(b)as respects any tax year in relation to which that section applies, to income or gains treated under this section as so remitted.

(6)In subsection (2) “foreign tax” means any tax chargeable under the law of a territory outside the United Kingdom.]

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