Putting them together
Migrant worker/new to the UK
The below table sets out how your resident, ordinary resident and domicile position can affect your UK tax position. It is reproduced from HMRC booklet HMRC6, which can be found on the HMRC website at http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cnr/hmrc6.pdf
| UK resident and domiciled | UK resident but not domiciled | |
| UK ordinarilyresident | Not eligible to the RB.All UK and foreign incomeand/or gains are liable toUK tax on the AB. | Eligible to use RB.If RB used all UK incomeand/or gains are liable toUK tax on the AB.Foreign income and/or gainsare liable to UK tax onthe RB. |
| UK not ordinarilyresident | Eligible to use the RB.If RB used all UK incomeand/or gains are liable toUK tax on the AB.Foreign gains are liable to UKtax on the AB.Foreign income is liable to UKtax on the RB. | Eligible to use the RB.If RB used all UK incomeand/or gains are liable toUK tax on the AB.Foreign income and/or gainsare liable to UK tax onthe RB. |
‘RB’ is ‘remittance basis’: This means that UK tax is only due on the foreign income and gains if they are brought to, or enjoyed in, the UK
‘AB’ is ‘arising basis’: This means that UK tax is due on income as and when it is received.
Where the remittance basis is available, the table shows the tax treatment if it used. If the remittance basis is not used for a tax year, the arising will apply for all income and gains as if the person is resident, ordinarily resident and domiciled in the UK.
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