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In order to assist people in making a disclosure of any offshore errors HMRC introduced the Worldwide Disclosure Facility.
The Worldwide Disclosure Facility (WDF) is suitable for anyone wishing to disclose a UK tax liability relating wholly or partly to an offshore issue. Indeed where HMRC have received information they will often write to individuals suggesting that they review their tax affairs and that they may wish to use the Worldwide Disclosure Facility.
Often the people who receive the letters have paid the tax in the jurisdiction in which the asset is held and not realised that they could be liable for UK tax on the income.
HMRC are getting this information because most countries have agreed to an exchange of information protocol where if they have a UK address on record they automatically send information to the UK tax authorities.
It is our understanding that it is a snap shot of a person with offshore assets detailing income from the assets and the amount invested. Recently at the time of writing there has been a surge in information from India relating to investments and Australia relating to rental income.
Read more about the Worldwide Disclosure Facility.
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