SRT: Split Year Treatment Toolkit

Split Year Treatment Toolkit: for the purposes of the UK's Statutory Residence Test (SRT), you can apply Split Year Treatment for UK tax purposes?

Subscribers: see our guides to Split Year Treatment and the Statutory Residence Test for details of the different tests, including: split residence, day counting and practical planning tips.

This is a freeview interactive tool to determine 'At a glance' whether, for the purposes of the UK's Statutory Residence Test (SRT), you can apply Split Year Treatment for UK tax purposes.

In order for Split Year Treatment to apply, you must first be UK tax resident under the Statutory Residence Test.

If Split Year Treatment does not apply to you, go to our SRT: Statutory Residence Test toolkit in order to determine your position for UK tax.

Are you: Starting full-time work overseas, or An accompanying spouse or civil partner where the individual joins their partner overseas so they can live together while the partner is working full-time overseas, or Ceasing to have a home in the UK. And additionally you: Expect to be non-resident for the whole of the next tax year?	Yes →	It sounds like Split Year Treatment may apply to you. The SRT test may be used to determine expected non-residency for next year. Next step: work through the SRT detailed calculations with your exact days/hours and then you will have the data to complete your SA return.
No ↓
Are you: Starting to have a home in the UK only, or Starting full-time work in the UK, or Ceasing full-time work overseas, or The partner of someone ceasing full time work overseas, or Starting to have a home in the UK? And additionally you: Expect to be UK resident for the whole of the next tax year?	Yes →	It sounds like Split Year Treatment may apply to you. The SRT test may be used to determine expected non-residency for next year. Next step: work through the SRT detailed calculations with your exact days/hours and then you will have the data to complete your SA return.
No ↓ Use our Statutory Residence Test flowchart

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Split Year: when split year treatment applies:

If you are leaving the UK you are treated as UK resident up until the date of departure and non-UK resident for your time abroad. You must then be non-resident in the following tax year.
If you are coming to the UK you are treated as UK resident from the date of your arrival, and non-UK resident for the earlier part of the year when you were abroad.

See our guide SRT: split year treatment.

Useful guides on this topic

SRT: Statutory Residence test
What is the statutory residency test? Why is it important and how does it work? Our subscriber guide to the SRT.

SRT Toolkit
Our freeview interactive tool to determine residence status.

SRT: Split Year Treatment
Our guide to what Split Year Treatment is and when it applies.

SRT Day Counting Toolkit
Our guide to day counting and links to our day counting calendar.

WARNING NOTE: the SRT is not always conclusive in determining your residence for tax purposes.

It is possible that you may also be tax resident in another country under the terms of its own tax rules.
If so you need to consider the other country's residence tests: these may be different to the UK's tests.
If you are resident in another country you will need to review the appropriate double tax treaty with the UK and if necessary apply the treaty's own tie breaker clauses.

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