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STOP PRESS: At Spring Budget 2024, the Chancellor announced that the remittance basis would be abolished from 6 April 2025, although this only applies to foreign income and gains arising on or after that date. The remittance basis rules still apply to unremitted income and gains arising before that date but remitted later. For more details, see the Abolition of the remittance basis from 2025/26 guidance note.

STOP PRESS: This guidance note may be affected by the changes to the taxation of pensions made by FA 2024, Sch 9 from 6 April 2024 onwards. The commentary below covers the rules that apply prior to that date. Before continuing your research, see the Abolition of the lifetime allowance guidance note.

Overseas pensions are those paid by or on behalf of a person outside the UK. For these purposes, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey are classed as overseas.

This note covers the taxation of income from such overseas pensions.

For details of the other tax charges to consider when the individual takes a benefit