SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 45Statutory residence test

PART 1The rules

Sufficient UK ties

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1

If P dies in year X, paragraph 18 has effect as if the words “More than 15 but” were omitted from the first column of the Table.

2

In addition to that modification, if the death occurs before 1 March in year X, paragraphs 18 and 19 have effect as if each number of days mentioned in the first column of the Table were reduced by the appropriate number.

3

The appropriate number is found by multiplying the number of days, in each case, by—

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where “A” is the number of whole months in year X after the month in which P dies.

4

If, for any number of days, the appropriate number is not a whole number, the appropriate number is to be rounded up or down as follows—

a

if the first figure after the decimal point is 5 or more, round the appropriate number up to the nearest whole number,

b

otherwise, round it down to the nearest whole number.