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Foreign capital gains and losses

Produced by a Tolley Personal Tax expert
Personal Tax
Guidance

Foreign capital gains and losses

Produced by a Tolley Personal Tax expert
Personal Tax
Guidance
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This guidance note discusses the capital gains tax (CGT) position of the following categories of people:

  1. •

    qualifying new residents (for gains and losses arising from 6 April 2025 onwards)

  2. •

    UK resident and domiciled or deemed domiciled in the UK (for gains and losses arising prior to 6 April 2025) and UK residents who are not qualifying new residents (for gains and losses arising from 6 April 2025 onwards)

  3. •

    UK resident but not domiciled or deemed domiciled (for gains and losses arising prior to 6 April 2025)

  4. •

    UK non-residents

The guidance note does not cover the position of temporary non-residents. These are people who are no longer UK resident but remain within the scope of the UK CGT regime. See the Temporary non-residence and UK capital gains tax liability of temporary non-residents guidance notes.

Guidance on reporting foreign capital gains and losses is given at the end of this guidance note.

Qualifying new resident (6 April 2025 onwards)

From 6 April 2025 onwards, individuals are not taxed in the UK on their

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