SUNDAY, JUNE 18, 1978
UK PENSIONERS CAN CLAIM TAX RELIEF
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SOME UNITED KINGDOM PENSIONERS RESIDING IN HONG KONG MAY BE UNAWARE THAT THEY CAN CLAIM TAX RELIEF UNDER A TAX ACT PASSED IN BRITAIN EIGHT YEARS AGO.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT SAID TODAY (SUNDAY) THAT THESE PEOPLE, INCLUDING RETIRED SERVICEMEN, CAN CLAIM RELIEF UNDER SECTION 27 OF THE INCOME AND CORPORATION TAXES ACT PASSED IN 1970.
UNDER THIS SECTION, HE SAID, AN INDIVIDUAL LIVING ABROAD MAY QUALIFY FOR TAX RELIEF IF HE CAN SATISFY ONE OF THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:
* THAT THE INDIVIDUAL IS A BRITISH SUBJECT OR A CITIZEN OF
THE IRISH REPUBLIC =
* IS OR HAS BEEN EMPLOYED IN THE SERVICE OF THE BRITISH
CROWN-
* IS EMPLOYED IN THE SERVICE OF ANY MISSIONARY SOCIETY*
* IS EMPLOYED IN THE SERVICE OF ANY STATE UNDER THE
PROTECTION OF THE QUEEN=
* IS RESIDENT IN THE ISLE OF MAN OR THE CHANNEL ISLANDS=
* IS EITHER A RESIDENT OF A COUNTRY, OR A NATIONAL OF A
COUNTRY, WITH WHICH THERE IS A DOUBLE TAXATION AGREEMENT PROVIDING FOR SUCH ALLOWANCES=
* HAS PREVIOUSLY RESIDED WITHIN BRITAIN AND IS RESIDENT ABROAD FOR THE SAKE OF HIS HEALTH, OR THE HEALTH OF A MEMBER OF HIS FAMILY RESIDENT WITH HIM- OR
* IS A WIDOW WHOSE LATE HUSBAND WAS EMPLOYED IN THE SERVICE
OF THE BRITISH CROWN.
THE SPOKESMAN SAID THERE HAD BEEN CORRESPONDENCE RECENTLY IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRESS FROM UNITED KINGDOM PENSIONERS LIVING IN HONG KONG COMPLAINING THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY 33 PER CENT OF THEIR PENSIONS BACK IN TAX TO THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT ALTHOUGH THEY ARE NOT RESIDENT IN BRITAIN.
HE SAID IF FURTHER INFORMATION WAS REQUIRED, IT COULD BE OBTAINED BY WRITING EITHER TO THE CHIEF INSPECTOR OF TAXES (CLAIMS), MAGDALEN HOUSE, STANLEY PRECINCT, BOOTLE 20, -L69, 9NN, LANCASHIRE, ENGLAND, OR FOR THOSE WHO RECEIVE PENSIONS PAID OUT OF UK PUBLIC REVENUE FOR SERVICE TO THE UK GOVERNMENT (SUCH AS CIVIL SERVANTS OR EX-MEMBERS OF H.M. ARMED FORCES) TO H.M. INSPECTOR OF TAXES, PUBLIC DEPARTMENTS 8 (FOREIGN SUBMISSIONS), TY GLAS ROAD, CARDIFF, CF4 5ZE.
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