money banked in I.O.M what legalities
money banked in I.O.M what legalities
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gibbos3

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136 posts

233 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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Hi, as the title says rearly. What are the legalities regarding about £10k put into a bank in the I.O.M from the U.K. Is it O.K. or not. Anyone on here have any knowledge of this or advice please.
Thank you.

darreni

4,547 posts

301 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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A lot of IOM banks will not accept deposits from UK residents.

gibbos3

Original Poster:

136 posts

233 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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O.K. Thanks.getmecoat

black1

979 posts

228 months

Friday 22nd August 2008
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darreni said:
A lot of IOM banks will not accept deposits from UK residents.
why not ?

pgilc1

40,169 posts

228 months

Sunday 24th August 2008
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gibbos3 said:
Hi, as the title says rearly. What are the legalities regarding about £10k put into a bank in the I.O.M from the U.K. Is it O.K. or not. Anyone on here have any knowledge of this or advice please.
Thank you.
I think at one point it was 'invisible' to the inland revenue, but that was a long time ago. Cant see it being the case now.

Why would you want to do it now?

Eric Mc

125,855 posts

296 months

Tuesday 26th August 2008
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The Isle of Man is NOT part of the UK.

I wouldn't see why a UK resident would have any problems banking £10,000 in an Isle of Man bank. The Revenue eould not be worried either provided:

The money was from legitimate sources
It was taxed appropriately in the UK
Any interest earned by the money on deposit in the IOM bank is properly declared to the UK tax authorities and UK tax paid on it (if appropriate).

Simpo Two

93,032 posts

296 months

Tuesday 26th August 2008
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I'm not sure if the IOM is subject to the same rules as the Channel Islands. Once upon a time you could invest there, get interest paid gross, then declare it if/when you brought it back into the UK proper.

Then Gordon Brown threatened them with some EU legislation and they knuckled under.

Eric Mc

125,855 posts

296 months

Tuesday 26th August 2008
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Simpo Two said:
I'm not sure if the IOM is subject to the same rules as the Channel Islands. Once upon a time you could invest there, get interest paid gross, then declare it if/when you brought it back into the UK proper.

Then Gordon Brown threatened them with some EU legislation and they knuckled under.
Sorry, that is incorrect.

All UK tax residents who are also UK domiciled ((which is most of us) have ALWAYS been obliged by law to pay UK tax on interest received on all interest earned from moneys held in bank accounts ANYWHERE in the world WHETHER THE INTEREST WAS BROUGHT INTO THE UK OR NOT. This is called the "Earned Basis".

Of course, the problem for the Revenue was that they couldn't rely on UK taxpayers to obey the law and lots of this type of interest was going unreported. Two years ago, new rules were introduced which forces non UK banks to declare to the UK Revenue UK resident taxpayers who have accounts in these non-UK banks.
The Isle of Man government has signed up to this agreement and now this information is supplied regularly to HMRC.

People who are UK tax resident but NOT domiciled in the UK only have to report this foreign interest when it is eventually REMITTED into the UK (this is called the Remittance Basis).

black1

979 posts

228 months

Tuesday 26th August 2008
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Eric Mc said:
Simpo Two said:
I'm not sure if the IOM is subject to the same rules as the Channel Islands. Once upon a time you could invest there, get interest paid gross, then declare it if/when you brought it back into the UK proper.

Then Gordon Brown threatened them with some EU legislation and they knuckled under.
Sorry, that is incorrect.

All UK tax residents who are also UK domiciled ((which is most of us) have ALWAYS been obliged by law to pay UK tax on interest received on all interest earned from moneys held in bank accounts ANYWHERE in the world WHETHER THE INTEREST WAS BROUGHT INTO THE UK OR NOT. This is called the "Earned Basis".

Of course, the problem for the Revenue was that they couldn't rely on UK taxpayers to obey the law and lots of this type of interest was going unreported. Two years ago, new rules were introduced which forces non UK banks to declare to the UK Revenue UK resident taxpayers who have accounts in these non-UK banks.
The Isle of Man government has signed up to this agreement and now this information is supplied regularly to HMRC.

People who are UK tax resident but NOT domiciled in the UK only have to report this foreign interest when it is eventually REMITTED into the UK (this is called the Remittance Basis).
your right about i.o.m i closed my acc 2yrs ago

oilandwater

1,427 posts

221 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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Thank you one and all.bow Building society in the UK then for me.

Simpo Two

93,032 posts

296 months

Wednesday 27th August 2008
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Yep, win to Gordon. I was half-right.