IHTM47072 - Long-term UK residence test: Pre 1975 Double Taxation Conventions

The pre-1975 conventions do not apply deemed domicile. These conventions operateÌýbased onÌýaÌýperson’sÌýcommon law domicile.ÌýÌý

FranceÌý

The convention applies to UK Inheritance Tax and French duty imposed on death but not on occasions other than deathÌýi.e. lifetime transfers.ÌýÌý

The convention applies a situs code which places assets in one country or the other depending on a person’s common law domicile.Ìý

ItalyÌý

The convention applies to UK Inheritance Tax and Italian estate and successions tax imposed on death but not on occasions other than deathÌýi.e.Ìýlifetime transfers.ÌýÌý

The convention applies a situs code which places assets in one country or the other depending on a person’s common law domicile.Ìý

IndiaÌý

The convention applies to UK Inheritance Tax and Indian duty imposed on death but not on occasions other than deathÌýi.e.Ìýlifetime transfers.ÌýÌý

Inheritance tax was abolished in India 1985.Ìý

The UK’s taxing rightsÌýwill be restricted to only the UK assets held in the estate where a person’s common law domicile is India.Ìý

PakistanÌý

The convention applies to UK Inheritance Tax and Pakistan duty imposed on death but not on occasions other than death i.e. lifetime transfers.Ìý

There areÌýno inheritance tax, estateÌýor gift taxes in Pakistan.ÌýÌý

The UK’s taxing rightsÌýwill be restricted to only the UK assets held in the estate where a person’s common law domicile is Pakistan.