TSEM10210 - Non-resident trusts: trustees’ chargeability: Income Tax

The trustees of a non-resident trust are not chargeable to UK Income Tax on any foreign income arising to the trust.

The trustees of a non-resident trust are chargeable to UK Income Tax on UK-source income arising to the trust. The amount of any UK income chargeable to Income Tax will depend on:

• the nature of the income, and
• the residence status of the beneficiaries of the trust.

The trustees of a non-resident trust may not be chargeable to Income Tax on trust income. In certain circumstances the settlor or beneficiary of the trust may be chargeable instead. See TSEM10300+, and TSEM10400+.

ITTOIA 2005 sets out the territorial scope of the charge to tax on income. The effect on non-resident trustees is as follows:

• profits of a trade carried on by non-resident trustees are chargeable to tax if they arise from a trade carried on wholly in the UK - s6(2)
• profits of a UK property business carried on by non-resident trustees are chargeable to tax - s269(1)
• profits of an overseas property business carried on by non-resident trustees are not chargeable to tax - s269(2)
• savings and investment income arising to non-resident trustees is chargeable to tax only if it is from a source in the UK - s368(2)
• miscellaneous income arising to non-resident trustees is chargeable to tax only if it is from a source in the UK - s577(2)