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Back to basics: Distributions from trusts

Paul Bramall and Priya Dutta provide your refresher guide

Many tax practitioners are unduly apprehensive of the tax treatment of  distributions from trusts. The purpose of this article is to explain how distributions from trusts are charged to income tax and capital gains tax in a simple and digestible manner so that practitioners can feel at ease when dealing with trust distributions.

The way in which a trust distribution is taxed will depend on where the trust is resident. A trust will not be resident in the UK if:

  • all the trustees are non-UK resident; or
  • some of the trustees are resident outside the UK and the settlor of the trust was not resident ordinarily resident or domiciled in the UK when the trust was set up or funds were...

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