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Paragraph 6 Certain individuals meeting section 26A requirement treated as qualifying new residents

United Kingdom

(1)

If an individual falling within sub-paragraph (2)—

(a)

meets the section 26A requirement for tax year 2025-26 or 2026-27, and

(b)

is not a qualifying new resident for that year for the purposes of Chapter 5C of Part 2 of ITEPA 2003,

the individual is to be treated as a qualifying new resident for that tax year for the purposes of that Chapter.

(2)

An individual falls within this sub-paragraph if—

(a)

the individual met the section 26A requirement for tax year 2023-24 or tax year 2024-25, and

(b)

section 809B, 809D or 809E of ITA 2007 (remittance basis) applied to the individual for that tax year.