Offshore investment – bonds, tax, benefits
Investment in a bond gives you the flexibility of investing now, and enjoying returns on your investment, with no tax payable.
An offshore bond (wrapper) is ideal if you are:
- Planning to move abroad
- You expect to be a non-taxpayer
- A basic rate taxpayer when you finally retire or, more importantly, when you cash in your bond.
Offshore investment – tax
A charge to income tax can only occur on the trigger of a chargeable event while you are a UK resident, caused by any of the following:
- Death
- Partial encashment exceeding more than 5% of the original investment amount per year
- Assignment for money, or money’s worth
- Full encashment.
HMRC considers the 5% amount coming from an offshore investment bond as return of original capital, rather than coming from any income generated within the bond, and therefore not taxable.
Offshore investment – main benefits
- The ability to switch from cash deposits into collective investments with no initial costs
- No initial charge to go into the funds available within the bond wrapper
- They are deemed as a non-income producing asset, therefore unlikely to generate a potential income tax liability, unless it’s a chargeable event
- Underlying investments can be held within an offshore investment bond can range from cash deposits to collective investments
- An offshore bond wrapper defers immediate liability to UK income tax and allows you to extract up to 5% per annum, on a cumulative basis of your initial capital investment amount.
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