Difference between revisions of "Main Page"

From PCT Online 2026-27
Jump to: navigation, search
 
(644 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
−
<big>This site provides comprehensive information about:
+
<big>[https://www.kessler.co.uk James Kessler's] ''Private Client Taxation'' aims to set out a comprehensive discussion of private client taxation.  Discussion includes:
−
# Taxation of foreign domiciliaries
+
# Income Tax, CGT and IHT on individuals and trusts
−
# Taxation of non-residents on UK income and assets
+
# The territorial limits of UK tax (now based on residence, situs and source)
−
# Taxation of UK residents on foreign income and assets
+
# Other topics arising in this context, including tax avoidance, disclosure and compliance
  
−
It is the online version of [http://www.kessler.co.uk/taxation-of-foreign-domiciliaries/ ''Taxation of Non-Residents and Foreign Domiciliaries''] by [http://www.kessler.co.uk James Kessler QC].   
+
This is a wide subject, or set of subjects, but in taxation, as in life, everything is connected.
 +
 
 +
''PCT Online'' is the successor to ''Taxation of Non-Residents and Foreign Domiciliaries''. The reforms of the FA 2025, which one might summarise as the abolition of domicile, required a new title.  But the approach of this work is unaltered.
  
 
<div style="float: left; width: 33%">
 
<div style="float: left; width: 33%">
Line 10: Line 12:
 
<big>'''Contents'''</big>
 
<big>'''Contents'''</big>
  
−
[[Update]]
+
'''[[Update]]'''
  
−
:[[Introduction]]
+
:''[[Introduction]]''
  
−
:1  [[Foreign Domicile: Tax Policy]]
+
:''[[Dedication]]''
 +
 
 +
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Mobile Individuals Policy & Avoidance</span>'''''
 +
 
 +
:1  [[Mobile Individuals: Tax Policy]]
  
 
:2  [[Tax Avoidance]]
 
:2  [[Tax Avoidance]]
  
−
:3  [[Domicile]]  
+
:3  [[Targeted Anti-Avoidance Rules (TAARs)]]
 +
 
 +
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Residence</span>'''''
  
−
:4  [[Deemed Domicile]]
+
:4  [[Residence of Individuals]]
  
−
:5  [[Residence of Individuals]]
+
:5  [[Residence of Trustees]]
  
−
:6  [[Residence of Trustees]]
+
:6  [[Residence of Companies]]
  
 
:7  [[Treaty-Residence]]
 
:7  [[Treaty-Residence]]
  
−
:8  [[Exit Taxes]]
+
:8  [[Split Years]]
  
−
:9 [[Split Years: Arrival and Departure]]
+
:9   [[Temporary Non-residence]]
  
−
:10  [[Temporary Non-residence]]
+
:10  [[Exit Taxes]]
  
−
:11  [[The Remittance Basis]]
+
:11  [[UK Arrival or Departure: Tax Checklist]]
  
−
:12  [[The Meaning of Remittance]]
+
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Income Tax: Principles</span>'''''
  
−
:13 [[Remittance Reliefs]]
+
:12 [[Income and its Categorisation]]
  
−
:14 [[Mixed Funds]]
+
:13 [[Source/Territorial Principles]]
  
−
:15 [[Income Categories and Sources]]
+
:14 [[Income Recognition: Receive/Entitled/Arise/Paid]]
  
−
:16  [[Trading Income]]
+
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">FIG Relief: TRF & Former Remittance Basis</span>'''''
  
−
:17 [[Trading in Land]]
+
:15 [[FIG Relief & Overseas Workday Relief]]
  
−
:18 [[Entertainers and Sportspeople]]
+
:16 [[Temporary Repatriation Facility]]
  
−
:19 [[Property Income]]
+
:17 [[The Remittance Basis]]
  
−
:20 [[Deduction of interest from Property Income]]
+
:18 [[Remittance Reliefs]]
  
−
:21 [[Interest Income]]
+
:19 [[Mixed Funds]]
  
−
:22  [[Exempt Interest of Non-Residents]]
+
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Income by Category</span>'''''
  
−
:23 [[Dividend Income]]
+
:20 [[Trading Income]]
  
−
:24  [[Royalty Income]]
+
:21 [[Cessations & Trading Stock]]
  
−
:25 [[Misc Sweep-Up Income]]
+
:22 [[Trading in Land]]
  
−
:26 [[Employment Income]]
+
:23 [[Performers]]
  
−
:27 [[Travel Expenses: Employment Income]]
+
:24 [[Property Income]]
  
−
:28 [[PAYE]]
+
:25 [[Deduction of interest from Property Income]]
  
−
:29 [[Employment Income: DT Relief]]
+
:26 [[Interest Income]]
  
−
:30 [[Pension and Annuity Income]]
+
:27 [[Exempt Interest of Non-Residents]]
  
−
:31 [[Discretionary Trusts: Income Tax]]
+
:28 [[Accrued Income Profits]]
  
−
:32 [[IIP Trusts: Income Tax]]
+
:29 [[Deeply Discounted Securities]]
  
−
:33 [[Settlor-interested Trust Code]]
+
:30 [[Dividend Income]]
  
−
:34 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Introduction]]
+
:31 [[Corporation Tax on Company Distributions]]  
  
−
:35 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Transferors]]
+
:32 [[Annual Payments]]
  
−
:36 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Benefits]]
+
:33 [[Intellectual Property Income]]
  
−
:37 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Relief from Overlapping Charges]]
+
:34 [[Misc Sweep-Up Income]]
  
−
:38  [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Motive Defence]]
+
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Employment Income</span>'''''
  
−
:39 [[Life Policies and Contracts]]
+
:35 [[Employment Income]]
  
−
:40 [[Offshore Funds: Definition]]
+
:36 [[Travel Expenses]]  
  
−
:41 [[Offshore Income Gains]]
+
:37 [[PAYE]]
  
−
:42 [[Income from Offshore Funds]]
+
:38 [[Disguised Remuneration/Trading Income]]
  
−
:43 [[Accrued Income Profits]]
+
:39 [[Employment Income: DT Relief]]
  
−
:44 [[Deeply Discounted Securities]]
+
:40 [[Benefit in Kind: Family Home and Chattels]]
  
−
:45 [[Unit Trusts]]
+
:41 [[Loans from Companies]]
  
−
:46  [[Intermediated Securities]]
+
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">IT: General</span>'''''
  
−
:47 [[Partnerships]]
+
:42 [[Discretionary Trusts: Income Tax]]
  
−
:48 [[Non-Residents Income Tax Relief]]
+
:43 [[IIP Trusts: Income Tax]]
  
−
:49 [[Collection of Tax from UK Representatives]]
+
:44 [[Rates of Income Tax/CGT/CT]]
  
−
:50 [[Investment Manager Exemptions]]
+
:45 [[Personal Allowances]]
  
−
:51 [[Investment Management Fees & Carried Interest]]
+
:46 [[Non-Resident Income Tax Relief]]
  
−
:52 [[Loans from Non-Resident Companies]]
+
:47 [[National Insurance Contributions]]
  
−
:53  [[Rates of Tax]]
+
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">IT Avoidance Codes</span>'''''
  
−
:54 [[Personal Allowances]]
+
:48 [[Settlor-interested Trust Code]]
  
−
:55 [[National Insurance Contributions]]
+
:49 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Introduction]]
  
−
:56 [[Gains of UK Residents]]
+
:50 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Transferors]]
  
−
:57 [[Gains of Non-Resident Settlor-Interested Trusts: s.86]]
+
:51 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Benefits]]
  
−
:58 [[Capital Payments from Non-Resident Trusts: s.87]]
+
:52 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Relief from Overlapping Charges]]
  
−
:59 [[Borrowing by Non-resident Trust: Sch 4B]]
+
:53 [[Transfer of Assets Abroad: Motive Defence]]
  
−
:60 [[Protected Trust Reliefs]]
+
:54 [[Pre-2025 Protected Trust Income]]
  
−
:61 [[Sub-Funds]]
+
:55 [[Profit Fragmentation]]
  
−
:62 [[Gains of Non-Resident Companies]]
+
:56 [[Transfer of Income Streams]]
  
−
:63 [[Capital Losses]]
+
:57 [[Transactions in Securities]]
  
−
:64  [[Foreign Currency Issues]]
+
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Capital Gains Tax</span>'''''
  
−
:65 [[Unremittable Assets]]
+
:58 [[Chargeable Gains]]
  
−
:66 [[Double Taxation Arrangements: Introduction]]
+
:59 [[UK Property Held by Non-Residents]]
  
−
:67  [[DTA Anti-abuse Rules]]
+
:60 [[Hold-over Relief]]
  
−
:68  [[Foreign Tax Credit Relief]]
+
:61 [[Liquidation of Companies]]
  
−
:69 [[EU Law and UK Taxation]]
+
:62 [[Reorganisations]]
  
−
:70 [[Excluded Property: Definition]]
+
:63 [[Residential Property: CGT]]
  
−
:71 [[Excluded Property Exemptions]]
+
:64 [[Gains of Non-Resident Settlor-Interested Trusts: s.86]]
  
−
:72 [[Wills and IOVs]]
+
:65 [[Capital Payments from Non-Resident Trusts: s.87 Code]]
  
−
:73 [[Reservation of Benefit]]
+
:66 [[Borrowing by Non-Resident Trust: Sch 4B]]
  
−
:74 [[Inter-Trust Transfers: IHT]]
+
:67 [[Sub-Funds]]
  
−
:75 [[IHT Deduction for Debts]]
+
:68 [[Gains of Non-Resident Companies]]
  
−
:76 [[IHT Double Taxation Treaties: Introduction]]
+
:69 [[Capital Losses]]
  
−
:77  [[IHT DTAs: India, Pakistan, Italy, France]]
+
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Funds</span>'''''
  
−
:78 [[IHT DTA: USA]]
+
:70 [[Funds: Terms & Concepts]]
  
−
:79 [[IHT DTA: Switzerland]]
+
:71 [[Offshore Income Gains]]
  
−
:80 [[IHT DTA: Netherlands]]
+
:72 [[Income from Offshore Funds]]
  
−
:81 [[Foreign IHT Credit Relief]]
+
:73 [[Unit Trusts & Transparent Funds]]
  
−
:82 [[Non-dom/Non-resident Spouse]]
+
:74 [[Life Policies and Contracts]]
  
−
:83 [[Private Residence Relief]]
+
:75 [[Intermediated Securities]]
  
−
:84  [[Residential Property of Non-Residents: NRCGT]]
+
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Investment Management</span>'''''
  
−
:85 [[Family Home and Chattels: Benefit in Kind Charges]]
+
:76 [[Investment Manager Exemptions]]
  
−
:86 [[ATED Taxes]]
+
:77 [[Carried Interest/Investment Management Fees: Introduction]]
  
−
:87 [[Residential property: IHT]]
+
:78 [[Carried Interest]]
  
−
:88 [[Pre-Owned Assets]]
+
:79 [[Investment Management Fees]]
  
−
:89  [[Joint Accounts]]
+
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Inheritance Tax</span>'''''
  
−
:90 [[Estates of Deceased Persons: CGT]]
+
:80 [[IHT Terms and Concepts]]
  
−
:91 [[Estates of Deceased Persons: Income Tax]]
+
:81 [[Normal Expenditure Relief]]
  
−
:92 [[Who is the Settlor?]]
+
:82 [[Excluded Property: Definition]]
  
−
:93 [[Trusts with Two or More Settlors]]
+
:83 [[Excluded Property Exemptions]]
  
−
:94 [[Situs of Assets for IHT]]
+
:84 [[Wills and IOVs]]
  
−
:95 [[Situs of Assets for CGT]]
+
:85 [[Reservation of Benefit]]
  
−
:96 [[Foreign Entities]]
+
:86 [[Inter-Trust Transfers: IHT]]
  
−
:97 [[Hybrid Entities]]
+
:87 [[IHT Treatment of Debts]]
  
−
:98 [[Control Connected Close and Related Expressions]]
+
:88 [[IHT Close-Company Code]]
  
−
:99 [[Permanent Establishment and Branch/Agency]]
+
:89 [[IHT Residential-Property Code]]
  
−
:100 [[Disclosure and Compliance]]
+
:90 [[Pre-Owned Assets]]
  
−
:101  [[Disclosure on Death ]]
+
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Partnerships</span>'''''
  
−
:102 [[Disclosure of Offshore Trusts]]
+
:91  [[Partnerships]]
  
−
:103 [[Criminal Law and Professional Conduct]]
+
:92 [[Partnership Income: Allocation]]
  
 +
:93  [[Salaried Members Code]]
  
−
:[[Appendix 1: Common Expressions]]
+
:94  [[Partnerships CGT]]
  
−
:[[Appendix 2: Consideration, Arm's Length/Full Value]]
+
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Entities</span>'''''
  
−
:[[Appendix 3: Associated Operations: IHT]]
+
:95  [[Settlement, Bare Trust, and Associated Terminology]]
  
−
:[[Appendix 4: Construction of Deeming Provisions]]
+
:96  [[Estates of Deceased Persons: CGT]]
  
−
:[[Appendix 5: What Do We Mean by "Real"?]]
+
:97  [[Estates of Deceased Persons: Income Tax]]
  
−
:[[Appendix 6: Parliamentarians]]
+
:98  [[Foreign Entities]]
  
−
:[[Appendix 7: Visiting Forces]]
+
:99  [[Hybrid Entities]]
  
−
:[[Appendix 8: How to Improve Residence and Domicile Taxation]]
+
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Pensions & Employment Benefit Trusts</span>'''''
  
−
:[[Appendix 9: Reform of Offshore Anti-avoidance Rules]]
+
:100  [[Pension and Annuity Income]]
  
−
:[[Appendix 10: UK Arrival or Departure: Tax Checklist]]
+
:101  [[Employer-Financed Retirement Benefits Scheme]]
  
−
:[[Appendix 11: Welsh Devolution]]
+
:102  [[Pension IHT]]
  
−
:[[Appendix 12: The Wisdom of Parliament]]
+
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Topics Affecting More Than One Tax</span>'''''
  
−
</div>
+
:103 [[Non-Resident Spouse]]
  
 +
:104 [[Joint Accounts]]
  
−
<big>'''New 2018/19 edition update in progress'''</big>
+
:105 [[Foreign Currency Issues]]
  
−
The new 2018/19 edition of the book has gone to the printers, and should be available at the end of April.
+
:106 [[Cryptoassets]]
  
−
Work is now underway to update the online text to the text of the 2018/19 edition of the book. While this work is in progress, chapters which have/have not been updated will be clearly marked.
+
:107 [[Unremittable Assets]]
  
−
To order copies of the new edition, and online licences for 2018/19 [mailto:[email protected]?Subject=TFD%20enquiry email the publishers] or [http://khpplc.co.uk/ go to the publishers' website].
+
:108 [[ATED and SDLT]]
  
−
There is a special arrangement for holders of licences for the 2017/18 edition.  The useful life of the licence was cut short this year, because the new Finance Bill timetable brought this year's Finance Bill forward from July to March.  Accordingly holders of 2017/18 licences qualify for a discount when purchasing licences for the 2018/19 edition of TFD online.  The discount is 50% of the cost of the 2017/18 licences.
+
:109 [[Who is the Settlor?]]
  
−
Once the updating to 2018/19 online edition is complete, holders of old (2017/18) licences will still have online access to the 2017/18 text of TFD, until the end of August. But they will not have access to the 2018/19 edition.  For that you will need a new 2018/19 licence.
+
:110 [[Multiple Settlors]]
  
−
<big>'''How to login'''</big>
+
:111 [[Statutory Tax Indemnities]]
  
−
Most of this site requires you [[Special:Userlogin|to login]].  To obtain a login licence:
+
:112 [[Situs of Assets for IHT]]
  
−
•  Every copy of the printed book has a 3 week trial licence (see inside back cover of volume 1)
+
:113 [[Situs of Assets for CGT]]
  
−
•  You may purchase a single or multiple user licence: To obtain these [mailto:[email protected]?Subject=TFD%20contact%20publisher%20request%20multiple%20user%20licences contact the publishers].
+
:114 [[Control Connected Close and Related Expressions]]
  
−
• Without logging in, you can access: chap 1 [[Foreign Domicile: Tax Policy]]; chap 2 [[Tax Avoidance]].
+
:115 [[Participation, % Investment & Material Interest Tests]]
 +
 
 +
:116 [[Permanent Establishment]]
 +
 
 +
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Double Taxation Agreements: IT/CGT</span>'''''
 +
 
 +
:117 [[Double Taxation Arrangements: Introduction]]
 +
 
 +
:118 [[DTA Anti-abuse Rules]]
 +
 
 +
:119 [[Third Party Relief/Savings Clause]]
 +
 
 +
:120 [[Limitation on Benefits]]
 +
 
 +
:121[[Credit for Foreign Tax]]
 +
 
 +
:122 [[Non-discrimination]]
 +
 
 +
:123 [[Mutual Agreement Procedure]]
 +
 
 +
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Double Taxation Agreements: IHT</span>'''''
 +
 
 +
:124 [[IHT Double Taxation Treaties: Introduction]]
 +
 
 +
:125 [[IHT DTAs: India, Pakistan, Italy, France]]
 +
 
 +
:126 [[IHT DTA: South Africa]]
 +
 
 +
:127 [[IHT DTA: USA]]
 +
 
 +
:128 [[IHT DTA: Netherlands]]
 +
 
 +
:129 [[IHT DTA: Switzerland]]
 +
 
 +
:130 [[Credit for Foreign IHT]]
 +
 
 +
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Administration</span>'''''
 +
 
 +
:131 [[Reporting and Compliance]]
 +
 
 +
:132 [[Tax Return Filing Position]]
 +
 
 +
:133 [[Claims]]
 +
 
 +
:134 [[Collection of IT/CGT from UK Representatives]]
 +
 
 +
:135 [[Collection of Tax Across Borders]]
 +
 
 +
:136 [[Reporting and Compliance: IHT]]
 +
 
 +
:137 [[Penalties]]
 +
 
 +
:138 [[Failure to Prevent Tax Evasion]]
 +
 
 +
:139 [[Reporting Offshore Trusts]]
 +
 
 +
:140 [[International Movement of Capital: Reports]]
 +
 
 +
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">CRS & Money Laundering</span>'''''
 +
 
 +
:141 [[Common Reporting Standard]]
 +
 
 +
:142 [[Trust Registration (TRS)]]
 +
 
 +
:143 [[Customer Due Diligence]]
 +
 
 +
:144 [[Money Laundering: POCA]]
 +
 
 +
 
 +
:'''Appendices'''
 +
 
 +
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Words & Concepts</span>'''''
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 1 Words of Dispute]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 2 Common Legal Expressions]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 3 Family Terminology]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 4 Share/Security Terminology]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 5 Consideration, Arm's Length, Full Value]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 6 Commercial/View to Profit]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 7 Beneficial Ownership/Entitlement]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 8 Domicile]]
 +
 
 +
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Statutory Construction</span>'''''
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 9 Construction of Tax Statutes]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 10 Substance and Reality]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 11 Deeming Provisions]]
 +
 
 +
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Special Taxpayers</span>'''''
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 12 Parliamentarians]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 13 Visiting Forces]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 14 Diplomats]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 15 Sovereign Immunity]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 16 Students and Teachers]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 17 Continental Shelf]]
 +
 
 +
:'''''<span style="font-size:87%">Tax Reform</span>'''''
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 18 How to Improve Private Client Taxation]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 19 Reform of Offshore Anti-Avoidance Law]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 20 Citizenship-based Taxation]]
 +
 
 +
:[[Appendix 21 The Wisdom of Parliament]]
 +
 
 +
 
 +
 
 +
</div>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
<big>'''2026/27 edition'''</big>
 +
 
 +
----
 +
 
 +
The 2026/27 edition of ''Kessler on Private Client Taxation'' is now online. It has been substantially updated for the FA 2026 and other developments since last year, and online publication of chapters remaining to be updated will be phased in over the next few weeks.
 +
 
 +
To access PCT online, you will need an online licence. To obtain this, go to
 +
[https://www.khpplc.co.uk/ the publishers website] or email [mailto:[email protected]?Subject=TFD%20online [email protected]] Licences for previous editions are not valid for the current edition.
 +
 
 +
If you are an academic, student or other non-tax practitioner who wants access for research purposes, [mailto:[email protected]?Subject=TFD%20online contact James Kessler]
 +
 
 +
<big>'''How to login'''</big>
 +
 
 +
Most of this site requires you [[Special:Userlogin|to login]].  You may purchase a single or multiple user licence:  To obtain these [mailto:[email protected]?Subject=TFD%20contact%20publisher%20request%20multiple%20user%20licences contact the publishers].
 +
 
 +
Without logging in, you can access:
 +
 
 +
[[Introduction]]<br/>Chapter 1 [[Mobile Individuals: Tax Policy]]<br/>Chapter 2 [[Tax Avoidance]]
  
 
You enter this site once you have registered and [[Special:Userlogin| logged in]] by clicking on the index on the left, or you can search the text.
 
You enter this site once you have registered and [[Special:Userlogin| logged in]] by clicking on the index on the left, or you can search the text.
  
−
You need to register with the password for the current edition. Registration for an earlier edition is not valid.
+
You need to register for the current edition. Registration for an earlier edition is no longer valid.
  
 
<big>'''Comments please'''</big>
 
<big>'''Comments please'''</big>
  
−
Users can also [[contribute to the text]] and if you can add anything extra which is worth saying, or spot anything that needs to be corrected, please do!. A copy of the next edition of the book will be given to the user who makes the most edits.  User contributions are reviewed by [http://www.taxchambers.com/barrister/maryashley/ Mary Ashley].
+
Users can also [[contribute to the text]] and if you can add anything, or spot anything that needs to be corrected, please do!  A free subscription to the next edition of this work will be given to the user who makes the most edits.  User contributions are reviewed by [https://www.taxchambers.com/team/rebecca-sheldon/ Rebecca Sheldon]. PCT online is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki] on the lines of [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], but only registered users can edit the text.
  
 
<big>'''If you want further advice'''</big>
 
<big>'''If you want further advice'''</big>
  
−
If you do not find the answer to your question here, or if you want advice on which you can legally rely, you may instruct James Kessler QC to advise.  See [[How to instruct James Kessler QC]].
+
If you do not find the answer to your question here, or if you want advice on which you can legally rely, you may instruct James Kessler KC or other members of his chambers to advise.  See [[How to instruct James Kessler KC]].
  
−
<big>'''Archive editions'''</big>
+
<big>'''Old editions archive'''</big>
  
−
There are [[archive editions]] for years since 2003/04.  These will occasionally be useful to investigate the tax position in earlier years, but the current edition will generally be the best starting point, as that has been written in the light of current HMRC guidance, and further thought and research.
+
There are [[archive editions]] for years since 2003/04.  These will be useful to investigate the tax position in earlier years, but the current edition will generally be the best starting point, as that has been written in the light of current HMRC guidance, and further thought and research.  
  
 
<big>'''Contact '''</big>
 
<big>'''Contact '''</big>
Line 290: Line 443:
 
If you have technical problems, or problems logging in, [mailto:[email protected]?Subject=TFD%20Technical%20query click here]
 
If you have technical problems, or problems logging in, [mailto:[email protected]?Subject=TFD%20Technical%20query click here]
  
−
To contact James Kessler QC [mailto:kessler@kessler.co.uk?Subject=TFD%20online click here]
+
To contact James Kessler KC [mailto:jkessler@15oldsquare.co.uk?Subject=TFD%20online click here]
  
−
To contact Mary Ashley, who reviews online contributions, [mailto:MaryAshley@15oldsquare.co.uk?Subject=TFD%20contact%20moderator%20request click here]
+
To contact Rebecca Sheldon, who reviews online contributions, [mailto:RebeccaSheldon@15oldsquare.co.uk?Subject=TFD%20contact%20moderator%20request click here]
  
 
For multiple user licences, or to install on a firm's intranet, [mailto:[email protected]?Subject=TFD%20contact%20publisher%20request%20multiple%20user%20licences contact the publishers].
 
For multiple user licences, or to install on a firm's intranet, [mailto:[email protected]?Subject=TFD%20contact%20publisher%20request%20multiple%20user%20licences contact the publishers].
  
−
<big>'''Technical notes'''</big>
+
<big>'''Resource Archive'''</big>  
−
 
+
−
TFD online is in technical terms a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki Wiki] on the lines of [http://en.wikipedia.org Wikipedia], but only registered users can edit the text.
+
  
−
Site hosting and management by [http://www.highwiredesign.com: Highwire] </big>
+
To access material referenced in PCT, click here: [[PCT Resource Archive]]

Latest revision as of 14:41, 20 April 2026

James Kessler's Private Client Taxation aims to set out a comprehensive discussion of private client taxation. Discussion includes:

  1. Income Tax, CGT and IHT on individuals and trusts
  2. The territorial limits of UK tax (now based on residence, situs and source)
  3. Other topics arising in this context, including tax avoidance, disclosure and compliance

This is a wide subject, or set of subjects, but in taxation, as in life, everything is connected.

PCT Online is the successor to Taxation of Non-Residents and Foreign Domiciliaries. The reforms of the FA 2025, which one might summarise as the abolition of domicile, required a new title. But the approach of this work is unaltered.

Contents

Update

Introduction
Dedication
Mobile Individuals Policy & Avoidance
1 Mobile Individuals: Tax Policy
2 Tax Avoidance
3 Targeted Anti-Avoidance Rules (TAARs)
Residence
4 Residence of Individuals
5 Residence of Trustees
6 Residence of Companies
7 Treaty-Residence
8 Split Years
9 Temporary Non-residence
10 Exit Taxes
11 UK Arrival or Departure: Tax Checklist
Income Tax: Principles
12 Income and its Categorisation
13 Source/Territorial Principles
14 Income Recognition: Receive/Entitled/Arise/Paid
FIG Relief: TRF & Former Remittance Basis
15 FIG Relief & Overseas Workday Relief
16 Temporary Repatriation Facility
17 The Remittance Basis
18 Remittance Reliefs
19 Mixed Funds
Income by Category
20 Trading Income
21 Cessations & Trading Stock
22 Trading in Land
23 Performers
24 Property Income
25 Deduction of interest from Property Income
26 Interest Income
27 Exempt Interest of Non-Residents
28 Accrued Income Profits
29 Deeply Discounted Securities
30 Dividend Income
31 Corporation Tax on Company Distributions
32 Annual Payments
33 Intellectual Property Income
34 Misc Sweep-Up Income
Employment Income
35 Employment Income
36 Travel Expenses
37 PAYE
38 Disguised Remuneration/Trading Income
39 Employment Income: DT Relief
40 Benefit in Kind: Family Home and Chattels
41 Loans from Companies
IT: General
42 Discretionary Trusts: Income Tax
43 IIP Trusts: Income Tax
44 Rates of Income Tax/CGT/CT
45 Personal Allowances
46 Non-Resident Income Tax Relief
47 National Insurance Contributions
IT Avoidance Codes
48 Settlor-interested Trust Code
49 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Introduction
50 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Transferors
51 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Benefits
52 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Relief from Overlapping Charges
53 Transfer of Assets Abroad: Motive Defence
54 Pre-2025 Protected Trust Income
55 Profit Fragmentation
56 Transfer of Income Streams
57 Transactions in Securities
Capital Gains Tax
58 Chargeable Gains
59 UK Property Held by Non-Residents
60 Hold-over Relief
61 Liquidation of Companies
62 Reorganisations
63 Residential Property: CGT
64 Gains of Non-Resident Settlor-Interested Trusts: s.86
65 Capital Payments from Non-Resident Trusts: s.87 Code
66 Borrowing by Non-Resident Trust: Sch 4B
67 Sub-Funds
68 Gains of Non-Resident Companies
69 Capital Losses
Funds
70 Funds: Terms & Concepts
71 Offshore Income Gains
72 Income from Offshore Funds
73 Unit Trusts & Transparent Funds
74 Life Policies and Contracts
75 Intermediated Securities
Investment Management
76 Investment Manager Exemptions
77 Carried Interest/Investment Management Fees: Introduction
78 Carried Interest
79 Investment Management Fees
Inheritance Tax
80 IHT Terms and Concepts
81 Normal Expenditure Relief
82 Excluded Property: Definition
83 Excluded Property Exemptions
84 Wills and IOVs
85 Reservation of Benefit
86 Inter-Trust Transfers: IHT
87 IHT Treatment of Debts
88 IHT Close-Company Code
89 IHT Residential-Property Code
90 Pre-Owned Assets
Partnerships
91 Partnerships
92 Partnership Income: Allocation
93 Salaried Members Code
94 Partnerships CGT
Entities
95 Settlement, Bare Trust, and Associated Terminology
96 Estates of Deceased Persons: CGT
97 Estates of Deceased Persons: Income Tax
98 Foreign Entities
99 Hybrid Entities
Pensions & Employment Benefit Trusts
100 Pension and Annuity Income
101 Employer-Financed Retirement Benefits Scheme
102 Pension IHT
Topics Affecting More Than One Tax
103 Non-Resident Spouse
104 Joint Accounts
105 Foreign Currency Issues
106 Cryptoassets
107 Unremittable Assets
108 ATED and SDLT
109 Who is the Settlor?
110 Multiple Settlors
111 Statutory Tax Indemnities
112 Situs of Assets for IHT
113 Situs of Assets for CGT
114 Control Connected Close and Related Expressions
115 Participation, % Investment & Material Interest Tests
116 Permanent Establishment
Double Taxation Agreements: IT/CGT
117 Double Taxation Arrangements: Introduction
118 DTA Anti-abuse Rules
119 Third Party Relief/Savings Clause
120 Limitation on Benefits
121Credit for Foreign Tax
122 Non-discrimination
123 Mutual Agreement Procedure
Double Taxation Agreements: IHT
124 IHT Double Taxation Treaties: Introduction
125 IHT DTAs: India, Pakistan, Italy, France
126 IHT DTA: South Africa
127 IHT DTA: USA
128 IHT DTA: Netherlands
129 IHT DTA: Switzerland
130 Credit for Foreign IHT
Administration
131 Reporting and Compliance
132 Tax Return Filing Position
133 Claims
134 Collection of IT/CGT from UK Representatives
135 Collection of Tax Across Borders
136 Reporting and Compliance: IHT
137 Penalties
138 Failure to Prevent Tax Evasion
139 Reporting Offshore Trusts
140 International Movement of Capital: Reports
CRS & Money Laundering
141 Common Reporting Standard
142 Trust Registration (TRS)
143 Customer Due Diligence
144 Money Laundering: POCA


Appendices
Words & Concepts
Appendix 1 Words of Dispute
Appendix 2 Common Legal Expressions
Appendix 3 Family Terminology
Appendix 4 Share/Security Terminology
Appendix 5 Consideration, Arm's Length, Full Value
Appendix 6 Commercial/View to Profit
Appendix 7 Beneficial Ownership/Entitlement
Appendix 8 Domicile
Statutory Construction
Appendix 9 Construction of Tax Statutes
Appendix 10 Substance and Reality
Appendix 11 Deeming Provisions
Special Taxpayers
Appendix 12 Parliamentarians
Appendix 13 Visiting Forces
Appendix 14 Diplomats
Appendix 15 Sovereign Immunity
Appendix 16 Students and Teachers
Appendix 17 Continental Shelf
Tax Reform
Appendix 18 How to Improve Private Client Taxation
Appendix 19 Reform of Offshore Anti-Avoidance Law
Appendix 20 Citizenship-based Taxation
Appendix 21 The Wisdom of Parliament



2026/27 edition

The 2026/27 edition of Kessler on Private Client Taxation is now online. It has been substantially updated for the FA 2026 and other developments since last year, and online publication of chapters remaining to be updated will be phased in over the next few weeks.

To access PCT online, you will need an online licence. To obtain this, go to the publishers website or email [email protected] Licences for previous editions are not valid for the current edition.

If you are an academic, student or other non-tax practitioner who wants access for research purposes, contact James Kessler

How to login

Most of this site requires you to login. You may purchase a single or multiple user licence: To obtain these contact the publishers.

Without logging in, you can access:

Introduction
Chapter 1 Mobile Individuals: Tax Policy
Chapter 2 Tax Avoidance

You enter this site once you have registered and logged in by clicking on the index on the left, or you can search the text.

You need to register for the current edition. Registration for an earlier edition is no longer valid.

Comments please

Users can also contribute to the text and if you can add anything, or spot anything that needs to be corrected, please do! A free subscription to the next edition of this work will be given to the user who makes the most edits. User contributions are reviewed by Rebecca Sheldon. PCT online is a Wiki on the lines of Wikipedia, but only registered users can edit the text.

If you want further advice

If you do not find the answer to your question here, or if you want advice on which you can legally rely, you may instruct James Kessler KC or other members of his chambers to advise. See How to instruct James Kessler KC.

Old editions archive

There are archive editions for years since 2003/04. These will be useful to investigate the tax position in earlier years, but the current edition will generally be the best starting point, as that has been written in the light of current HMRC guidance, and further thought and research.

Contact

If you have technical problems, or problems logging in, click here

To contact James Kessler KC click here

To contact Rebecca Sheldon, who reviews online contributions, click here

For multiple user licences, or to install on a firm's intranet, contact the publishers.

Resource Archive

To access material referenced in PCT, click here: PCT Resource Archive

Retrieved from "https://privateclienttax.co.uk/index.php?title=Main_Page&oldid=44263"