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Treatment of bonus after moving to UAE

uk_expat
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Treatment of bonus after moving to UAE

Postby uk_expat » Tue Aug 01, 2017 10:49 am

Hi,

I have UK tax resident and working in the UK for the past few years. My current employer is relocating me to a new role in UAE this September. Under the split-year treatment, I will cease to be UK tax resident on the relocation date. I expect to be paid a bonus in February 2018 which covers my performance for the 2017 calendar year. The bonus is at my employer's discretion - I have no contractual entitlement to it.

Will I have a UK income tax liability on this bonus payment?

Many thanks,

uk_expat

AmanSood
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Re: Treatment of bonus after moving to UAE

Postby AmanSood » Tue Aug 01, 2017 12:08 pm

Yes a proportion of the bonus will be taxable in the UK as part of it relates to UK workdays i.e. the period from January to August 2017.
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uk_expat
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Re: Treatment of bonus after moving to UAE

Postby uk_expat » Thu Aug 03, 2017 3:07 pm

Thanks AmanSoud. Is there a HMRC guidance note or a section of the tax code that covers this?

etf
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Re: Treatment of bonus after moving to UAE

Postby etf » Thu Aug 10, 2017 10:33 am

The following link may help you find the area that you need to look at.

https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manual ... l/eim40008

KR

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