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B2.440 Foreign trades


Business tax

For income tax purposes, additional deductions are available in respect of trades carried on wholly outside the UK ('foreign trades')1.

These are available if:

  1. Ìý

    •ÌýÌýÌýÌý an individual carries on a foreign trade (either alone or in partnership), and

  2. Ìý

    •ÌýÌýÌýÌý the individual is absent from the UK wholly and exclusively for the purposes of carrying on either2:

    1. Ìý

      –ÌýÌýÌýÌý the foreign trade, or

    2. Ìý

      –ÌýÌýÌýÌý the foreign trade and other trades (whether or not foreign trades).

A deduction is available in respect of expenses if:

  1. Ìý

    •ÌýÌýÌýÌý either:

    1. Ìý

      –ÌýÌýÌýÌý they are incurred by the individual travelling between the UK and the place where the foreign trade is carried on

    2. Ìý

      –

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