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Automatic remittance basis

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Personal Tax
Guidance

Automatic remittance basis

Produced by a Tolley Personal Tax expert
Personal Tax
Guidance
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STOP PRESS: The remittance basis is abolished from 6 April 2025, although this only applies to foreign income and gains arising on or after that date. The remittance basis rules still apply to unremitted income and gains arising before that date but remitted later. The legislation is included in FA 2025. For more details, see the Abolition of the remittance basis from 2025/26 guidance note.

Before reading this note, it is recommended that you read the Remittance basis ― overview guidance note to familiarise yourself with the wider remittance basis regime.

Most individuals who choose to use the remittance basis have to make a claim under ITA 2007, s 809B. See the Remittance basis ― formal claim guidance note.

However, in three cases, the remittance basis is given automatically. These are where, in relation to a given tax year, the individual meets any of the following tests:

  1. •

    they have unremitted foreign income and gains totalling less than £2,000

  2. •

    they are under 18 at the end of the year, have no more than £100 of

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