HMRC cancels 'nudge' campaign for non-doms

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Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has cancelled a campaign designed to educate non-UK domiciled (non-dom) individuals about making remittances following concerns from an accountancy body.

Letters from HMRC were due to be sent out to non-doms who were taxed on remittances for 2011/12 after research showed some taxpayers may not understand fully what a remittance is and, as a result, were inaccurately completing their tax return. However, HMRC decided to suspend issuing the letters after the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) said it was concerned a factsheet due to be sent out alongside them was "misleading". HMRC's explanation relating to buying assets abroad and returning them to the UK failed to take into account all circumstances, the IC...

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