Wedlake Bell Insights

    • Globally Speaking
    • Apr 2, 2024

    Non-dom analysis: A political budget

    Please note that this article was published before the non-dom legislation was finalised and brought into force on 6 April 2025. Although rumours abounded in the two weeks leading up to the Chancellor’s Spring Budget speech on 6 March 2024

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    • Bulletins
    • Mar 27, 2024

    When is a settlement agreement not a settlement agreement?

    When resolving a dispute with an employee, employers should be mindful of the claims which typically cannot be waived under a settlement agreement. This update summarises the limitations on waivers under a settlement agreement and the claims which are customarily

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Mar 19, 2024

    Non-dom analysis: Overview of reforms

    What was announced by the Chancellor in the Spring Budget on 6 March 2024 were wide-ranging reforms to the UK’s tax regime for non-UK domiciled (“non-dom“) individuals (“non-dom regime“). This article provides an overview of the measures announced; for a

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Mar 18, 2024

    Globally Speaking: Welcome from the editor

    Welcome to the March 2024 special edition of our international e-bulletin for private client, family office and trustee clients and contacts. Although rumours abounded in the two weeks leading up to the Chancellor’s Spring Budget speech on 6 March 2024

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Mar 18, 2024

    Non-dom analysis: Inheritance tax (“IHT”)

    How are the IHT rules changing? In the Spring Budget on 6 March 2024, the Conservative government proposed a residence-based test for IHT – as opposed to one based on domicile – which arguably provides greater clarity for those trying

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Mar 18, 2024

    Non-dom analysis: Pre-arrival

    I am planning to move to the UK – how will the new residence-based exemption rules apply to me and is there anything I need to do before moving? It is important to bear in mind that the changes announced

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Mar 18, 2024

    Non-dom analysis: The first four years

    I am a recent arriver in the UK. Will the new exemption regime apply to me? In the 2024 Spring Budget on 6 March 2024, the Chancellor announced that the current remittance rules applying to UK resident, non-domiciled individuals (“non-doms“)

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Mar 18, 2024

    Non-dom analysis: Trusts

    Are offshore trusts still efficient for UK income tax and capital gains tax? In this article we consider how the 2024 Spring Budget announcements are likely to impact offshore trusts settled by: What are the proposed changes from 6 April

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Mar 18, 2024

    Non-dom analysis: UK leavers

    I am UK resident but non-UK domiciled (“RND″) and have been in the UK for longer than ten years. Should I stay or should I go? Income and capital gains RNDs who have been resident in the UK longer than

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    • Globally Speaking
    • Mar 18, 2024

    Non-dom analysis: UK returners

    I am a British expat living abroad. What should I be thinking about?  British expats are typically UK domiciled (“UK dom“) but non-UK resident for UK tax purposes. The extent to which they are likely to be affected by the changes

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