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Pulling in profits from abroad
« on: January 28, 2014, 11:30:16 AM »
Hello, I have started to make a bit of money trading with a foreign broker and I am wondering how to handle the taxes as I pull in profits. The broker is in Eastern Europe. Is there any requirement that the UK government know that I have this brokerage account? As I pull in profits, I can either have them sent to an Isle of Man account that I have, or send them directly to my England bank account. Do I incur a tax liability only when the money crosses the border into my England bank account? I would prefer to transfer profits into the Isle of Man account then only pay taxes as I transfer funds to England if that's how the system works. I do want to be 100% legal. I also want to defer taxes if I possible can.

Thanks!!
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Re: Pulling in profits from abroad
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2014, 05:47:48 PM »
Firstly - please teach us your system as we would all like to make more money!

Moving to tax; if you are a US person you report everything to the IRS. No question - including FBARs, and on Forms 8938 and 8960.

From a UK perspective the answer depends on whether you choose to pay tax on the arising basis or, alternatively, elect into the remittance basis. HMRC explain this here: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cnr/rdr1.pdf


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Re: Pulling in profits from abroad
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2014, 06:29:11 PM »
What are these investments? Their structure could have significant US tax consequences if you are a US person.
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Re: Pulling in profits from abroad
« Reply #3 on: January 29, 2014, 10:44:33 AM »
Moving to tax; if you are a US person you report everything to the IRS. No question - including FBARs, and on Forms 8938 and 8960.
Thank you! I will be quite happy when I reach the thresholds to fill out those forms :)

From a UK perspective the answer depends on whether you choose to pay tax on the arising basis or, alternatively, elect into the remittance basis. HMRC explain this here: http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cnr/rdr1.pdf
I will have a look at that publication. On the surface it seems to be exactly what I am looking for. Thanks again!

PS: No secret on the investments. Just a bit of currency trading.
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