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Requesting unilateral tax relief from HMRC

darthblingbling
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Re: Requesting unilateral tax relief from HMRC

Postby darthblingbling » Tue Mar 02, 2021 6:59 pm

Sorry, by client I mean your father. Annoying that this forum does not have an edit function.

tiengodue
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Re: Requesting unilateral tax relief from HMRC

Postby tiengodue » Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:48 pm

If the UK has the primary rights to tax under treaty then HMRC are not going to allow an FTC under unilateral relief as legislation expressly restricts this.

If the client can't get an an exemption from withholding in Italy then HMRC would assume a tax refund in Italy would be filed instead to claim a refund under the terms of the double tax treaty. If the Italian authorities reject this then it would make interesting reading as to why. In addition, an FTC claim is usually based on the actual tax liability and not withholding taxes (although the latter is usually used as an estimate if the tax return in the other state has not yet been finalised in time, with the expectation that an amendment is made later if the difference is 'excessive').
sorry what is an FTC claim?

darthblingbling
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Re: Requesting unilateral tax relief from HMRC

Postby darthblingbling » Wed Mar 03, 2021 4:57 pm

Foreign tax credit, i.e. a credit for the Italian taxes against the UK liability on the same income.

Sorry, forget that I shouldn't overuse acronyms.


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