Finance Act, 1920

No relief where individual not resident in the United Kingdom.

24.(1) Subject as hereinafter provided, no allowance in respect of earned income, and no deduction from assessable income, shall be given or made, and income tax on the first two hundred and twenty-five pounds of the taxable income shall not be chargeable at the reduced rate under the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act, and no relief shall be granted under section thirty-two of the Income Tax Act, 1918, in the case of any individual who is not resident in the United Kingdom:

Provided that the foregoing provision shall not apply in the case of any individual who satisfies the Commissioners of Inaland Revenue that he or she—

(a) is a British subject; or

(b) is a person who is or has been employed in the service of the Crown, or who is employed in the service of any missionary society or in the service of any native State under the protection of His Majesty; or

(c) is resident in the Isla of Man or the Channel Islands; or

(d) has previously resided within the United Kingdom and is resident abroad for the sake of his or her health or the health of a member of his or her family resident with him or her; or

(e) is a widow whose late husband was in the service of the Crown;

so, however, that no such allowance, deduction, reduction of of rate, or relief as aforesaid shall be given so as to reduce the amount of the income tax payable by that individual below an amount which bears the same proportion to the amount which would be payable by him by way of tax if the tax were chargeable on his total income from all sources, including income which is not subject to income tax charged in the United Kingdom, as the amount of the income subject to income tax so charged bears to the amount of his total income from all sources.

(2) Any person who is aggrieved by a decision of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue under this section may appeal to the Special Commissioners.