In the first Budget speech delivered by a female Chancellor, Rachel Reeves set out proposals to raise 拢40bn in taxes.
The key changes / announcements made on 30 October 2024 are discussed below.
As expected, the Chancellor confirmed that the remittance basis will be abolished from 6 April 2025 and replaced with the foreign income and gains regime (FIG regime). As well as publishing a detailed technical paper, 103 pages of draft legislation for Finance Bill 2025 was also released.
In summary:
the four-year FIG regime will be implemented, meaning that individuals in their first four years of UK tax residence will pay no UK tax on foreign income and gains arising in those tax years (including distributions from offshore trusts, but subject to the exceptions listed in paras 37鈥�38 of the technical paper) as long as they had not been UK resident in the 10 years prior to their arrival. To benefit from the FIG regime, the individual will need to make a claim each tax year
Spouse exemption from inheritance taxArguably, the most important inheritance tax exemption is the spouse exemption from inheritance tax.There is no IHT to pay on gifts from husband to wife and vice versa, or from one civil partner to the other (referred to collectively in this note as 鈥榮pouses鈥�).
Class 4 national insurance contributionsWhat is Class 4 NIC?Class 2 and Class 4 national insurance contributions (NIC) are paid by self-employed individuals and partners in a partnership on their profits arising within the UK. This guidance note considers Class 4 contributions. For Class 2
Withholding taxIntroductionUK tax must be withheld on UK payments including:鈥nterest鈥oyalties鈥ental incomeUK withholding tax may be reduced under the provisions of a double tax treaty (DTT). Prior to 1 June 2021, payments of interest and royalties made to EU resident associated companies were