Non Dom Changes – Certainty For Certainty's Sake

We have news on the non dom changes at last. Where once there was speculation, since yesterday, we can now utter the word 'certainty'.

The Government sought to quell the rumour mill yesterday by confirming that the non dom changes will be made law in a second Finance Bill to be published in the Autumn following the Parliamentary recess. In doing so the Government went one step further by making the following key announcements which acknowledge the uncertainty that has plagued the future of the provisions since they were withdrawn from the March Finance Bill in the run up to the General Election:

1. All of the non dom provisions are to take effect from 6 April 2017 as originally planned.