Bespoke Tax Accountants

Specialist tax advice, accountancy and tax returns

01242 505970
info@bespoketax.com

  • Home
  • About Us
    • Meet The Team
    • Careers
    • Statutory Information
    • Privacy Policy
  • Who We Help
    • Personal and Family
    • Business
    • Our Clients
  • News
    • Making Tax Digital
  • Giving Back
  • Contact
  • Cloud Accounting
    • Xero

Definition of a Welsh taxpayer

16th October 2019 By bespoketax

Definition of a Welsh taxpayer

The start of the 2019-20 tax year marked a fundamental change to the way Income Tax is calculated for people who live in Wales. The new Welsh rates of Income Tax (WRIT) is payable on the non-savings and non-dividend income of those defined as Welsh taxpayers.

The definition of a Welsh taxpayer is generally decided on the question of where the taxpayer lives. It should be noted that in order to be a Welsh taxpayer, an individual must be a UK resident for tax purposes – an individual who is not UK tax resident cannot be a Welsh taxpayer.

An individual will be a Welsh taxpayer, for a given tax year, if they satisfy any of the following three tests:

  1. They are a Welsh parliamentarian
  2. They have a 'close connection' to Wales through either:
    (i) Having only a single 'place of residence', which is in Wales; or
    (ii) Where they have more than one 'place of residence', having their 'main place of residence' in Wales for at least as much of the tax year as it has been in each other part of the UK
  3. Where no 'close connection' to Wales or any other part of the UK exists (either, because it is not possible to identify any place of residence or a main residence) – through day counting.

For the current tax year, the rates of Income Tax paid by Welsh taxpayers will continue to be the same as those paid by English and Northern Irish taxpayers. This is because the Welsh Government has set the Welsh rates at the same level as in England and Northern Ireland for 2019-20.

Filed Under: Uncategorised

Recent News

  • Termination payments
  • Bona Vacantia – dissolved companies
  • Reminder of compensation limits for bank deposits
  • Reminder that the plug-in grant has ended

News Categories

  • Budget Summary
  • Business
  • Business Support
  • Capital allowances
  • Capital Gains Tax
  • Company Secretarial
  • Construction Industry Scheme
  • Corporate Governance & Regulation
  • Corporation Tax
  • Customs Duties
  • Duties
  • Employee Benefits
  • Employment & Payroll
  • Employment Law
  • European Union
  • Family Tax Credits
  • General
  • HMRC notices
  • Income Tax
  • Inheritance Tax
  • National Insurance
  • NIC & Pensions
  • Other duties
  • Overseas personal tax issues
  • Overseas tax issues
  • Payroll
  • Pension
  • Personal
  • Practice News
  • Stamp duty
  • Stamp Duty Land Tax
  • Tax credits
  • Tax Diary
  • Value Added Tax
  • VAT & Duties

About Us

Bespoke has a reputation for helping our clients make the most of their financial situations and in turn we have become a trusted extension of their business or family.

Bespoke assist with compliance requirements, providing specialist tax advice, and planning for now and the future.

Keep informed.
Sign up for our Topical Newsletter

Our FREE monthly newsletter will keep you up to date with the latest news related to the world of accountancy.

Register Here

Contact

Delta Place,
27 Bath Road, Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire, GL53 7TH
01242 505970
info@bespoketax.com

ICAEW Chartered AccountantsXERO Gold PartnerChartered Institute of TaxationMember of EISA

Copyright © 2022 · Bespoke Tax Accountants · Website by Culpepper & Co

.