EIM34026 - Foreign travel rules: duties performed wholly abroad: Relevant taxable earnings
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For the purpose of section 370, relevant taxable earnings meansÌýgeneral earnings ‘forâ€� a tax year that areÌýtaxable earnings under sectionÌý15 ITEPA 2003 (see EIM40101), so that the employee is UK resident for that tax year.Ìý
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WhereÌýgeneral earnings are for a tax yearÌýprior to 2025-26, relevant taxable earnings would not include any general earningsÌýthat would not have beenÌýtaxable under sectionÌý15 if the employee made a remittance basis election under section 809B ITA 2007Ìýfor that year.Ìý
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For tax years commencing on or after 6 April 2025,Ìýindividuals can no longer elect to be taxedÌýon the remittance basis, as the non-domicile regime was abolished and replaced with a tax regime based on residence.Ìý
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Where general earnings are for a tax year commencing on or after 6 April 2025, if the individual is a qualifying new resident (see EIM34010) for the tax yearÌýfor the purposes of Chapter 5C of Part 2 ITEPA 2003, any qualifyingÌýforeign general earnings for that tax year under section 41T ITEPA 2003 (see EIM43565) are not relevant taxable earnings for the purposes of section 370.Ìý
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