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How Will 2025 Changes Affect My Tax Status?

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Q: I’m a long-term non-domiciled resident in the UK – how will the 2025 changes impact my tax status?

A: Firstly, you’re right to say there are changes coming next year that will affect you and any others who are classified as non-domiciled. The issue of ‘non-doms’ – referring to a person’s tax status, not nationality, citizenship or resident status – has been highlighted politically for several years. Former Chancellor Jeremy Hunt surprisingly announced changes at the Budget earlier this year, in an attempt to steal Labour’s thunder after they had signalled they would scrap the status. The new Government is going ahead with the plans Mr Hunt laid out, with a few changes. The existing system will be replaced by a new 4-year foreign income and gains (FIG) regime for individuals who become UK tax resident after a period of 10 tax years of non-UK residence.

The rule changes set for April 2025 will significantly alter your tax situation. Currently, you may be taxed only on UK income and any foreign income you bring into the UK (remittance basis). However, from 2025, you will only be able to use this remittance basis for the first four years of UK residence. After that, all your worldwide income will be taxed, regardless of whether it’s remitted to the UK. This will likely increase your tax liability substantially, so it’s important to review your financial arrangements now.

It’s also worth noting that the previous Government’s plan offered a 50% reduction in foreign income subject to tax for individuals who lose access to the remittance basis in the first year of the new regime. But the new Government has axed that element.

And for any UK resident individuals ineligible for the new scheme or who choose not to make a claim for a tax year will be ‘subject to Capital Gains Tax (CGT) on foreign gains in the normal way’, the Government has said.

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