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Assurance of remittances of foreign income and gains toolkit

Get help if you’re a tax agent or adviser who has clients that have used the remittance basis, to consider if they have made taxable remittances.

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On 6 April 2025 the foreign income and gains regime replaced the remittance basis. If you make a claim for relief under the regime, you’ll not pay tax on your eligible foreign income and gains. 

On 6 April 2025 a Temporary Repatriation Facility (TRF) was also introduced. If you use TRF you can pay a reduced tax charge on amounts that you may choose to remit from 6 April 2025 onwards. 

This guidance has not been updated to include these changes. You can: 

This toolkit gives help and support to tax agents and advisers to:

  • consider if taxable remittances of income and gains have been made by a taxpayer who has used the remittance basis 
  • find out about common errors on foreign income in tax returns

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Published 2 October 2023
Last updated 16 May 2025 show all updates
  1. On 6 April 2025 the foreign income and gains regime replaced the remittance basis. On 6 April 2025 a Temporary Repatriation Facility was also introduced.

  2. First published.

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