Explanatory Notes

Finance Act 2013

2013 CHAPTER 29

17 July 2013

Introduction

Section 218, Schedule 45: Statutory Residence Test

Details of the Schedule

Part 5.Miscellaneous
Interpretation

323.Paragraph 145 defines terms used in this Schedule.

324.Paragraph 146 specifies the interpretation of annual and parenting leave for an individual carrying on a trade, and what are “reasonable amounts” for the purposes of this Schedule.

325.Paragraph 147 provides that a reference to less than a specified number of days includes nil days.

Consequential amendments

326.Paragraph 148 amends TCGA to delete section 9, which defines residence and related expressions for the purposes of that Act, and inserts into section 288 the definition of “resident” given by this Schedule.

327.Paragraph 149 makes a minor consequential amendment to section 27 of ITEPA.

328.Paragraph 150 makes a minor consequential amendment to section 465 of ITTOIA.

329.Paragraph 151 amends section 28 of FA 2005 to incorporate the concept of a split year as defined in Part 3 of this Schedule and amends section 41 of FA 2005 to insert the definitions of “non-UK resident” and “UK resident” in accordance with the meaning arising from this Schedule. Minor amendments are also made to sections 30, 31 and 32 of that Act.

330.Paragraph 152 amends ITA to delete sections 829 to 832, which contain provisions about the meaning of residence for income tax purposes. It also makes consequential amendments to sections 809B, 809D, 809E and 810.

Commencement

331.Paragraph 153 specifies when this Schedule shall have effect. Parts 1 and 2 have effect for determining whether individuals are resident or not resident in the UK for the tax year 2013-14 or any subsequent tax year. Part 3 of the Schedule has effect in calculating an individual’s liability to income tax or capital gains tax for the tax year 2013-14 or any subsequent tax year. Part 4 of the Schedule has effect if the year of departure (as defined in paragraph 114) is the tax year 2013-14 or a subsequent tax year.

Transitional and saving provision

332.Paragraph 154 provides that where for the purposes of this Schedule it is necessary to determine for the tax year 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 or 2017-18 whether an individual was UK resident or non-UK resident for a tax year before 2013–14, this will be determined in accordance with the rules then in force unless the individual elects for the determination to be made in accordance with this Schedule. Such an election must be made by notice in writing to HMRC no later than the first anniversary of the tax year to which it applies. This paragraph also modifies the application of the fourth automatic UK test, the fifth automatic overseas test (which apply if P dies in year X) and the Case 6 split year rule in paragraph 49 in cases where no such election has been made. These modifications cater for an earlier year referred to in each provision being a year for which the third automatic overseas test did not exist.

333.Paragraph 155 provides that where for the purposes of this Schedule it is necessary to determine for the tax year 2013-14 or any subsequent year whether a tax year before 2013–14 was a split year with respect to the individual, this will be determined in accordance with the relevant Extra Statutory Concession in place for that pre-commencement year. Those concessions are ESC A11, ESC A78 and ESC D2.

334.Paragraph 156 provides a transitional rule for Case 7 (see paragraph 50). It caters for the earlier year referred to in paragraph 50(3) being the year 2012-13 for which Case 6 split year treatment did not exist.

335.Sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 156 provides that the year in question under paragraph 50(3) must be 2013-14.

336.Sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 156 explains how the reference in paragraph 50(3) to Case 6 is to be applied where the partner’s position for 2012-13 is being considered.

337.Sub-paragraph (3) of paragraph 156 explains how the reference in paragraph 50(7)(b) to the UK part of the relevant year is to be applied where the partner’s position for 2012-13 is being considered. The year is split into a UK part and an overseas part following the treatment given under the relevant extra-statutory concession (ESC).

338.Sub-paragraph (4) of paragraph 156 explains what is meant by ‘the relevant ESC’. For income tax purposes it would have been ESC A11. For capital gains tax purposes it would have been ESC D2.

339.Paragraph 157 sets out how the temporary non-residence rules in paragraph 110(1)(c) are to work in relation to pre-commencement years for which the concept of ‘sole UK residence’ does not apply. The rule instead uses the concepts of residence and treaty non-residence with residence being determined by the pre-commencement rules and not in accordance with the statutory residence test.

340.Paragraph 158 provides that the temporary non-resident provisions listed in sub-paragraph (3) will continue to have effect where the year of departure (as defined in paragraph 114) is a tax year before 2013-14, and that an individual’s residence for the year 2013-14 and after will be determined in accordance with this Schedule with the effect of split-years being disregarded.

341.Paragraph 159 provides that section 13 of FA 2012, which is a tax exemption in relation to the May 2013 Champions League final at Wembley, is applied using the concept of residence without regard to this Schedule.

Background

342.At Budget 2011, the Government announced that it would introduce a statutory definition of tax residence for individuals. Following extensive consultation, rules have been formulated which are contained within Parts 1 and 2 of the Schedule. The test makes an individual resident or not resident in the UK for a whole tax year. It applies for 2013-14 and following years.

343.Under a number of extra-statutory concessions, an individual could be taxed as if resident and non-resident for parts of the same tax year provided certain conditions were met. Part 3 of the Schedule replaces those concessions by giving statutory effect to ‘split year’ treatment and the concessions will be withdrawn with effect from 6 April 2013.

344.There are already several provisions (including two in secondary legislation) which charge certain income and gains when an individual resumes UK residence after a temporary period of non-residence. Those rules in primary legislation are aligned and updated by Part 4 of the Schedule which also extends the scope of the temporary non-resident rules to certain other income and gains. The two provisions in secondary legislation are brought into line by SI 2013/1810.

345.HMRC has published a guidance note RDR3 about how this legislation will be applied.