Help with foreign income on your Self Assessment tax return
Source: gov.uk (2025-04-21)

Find information on completing the foreign income sections of your Self Assessment tax return.

You may need to report foreign income on your Self Assessment tax return. Foreign income is any income from outside England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The Channel Islands and the Isle of Man are classed as foreign.

Before you complete your tax return, you can work out if you need to pay UK Income Tax on your foreign income (https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/residence) and check if you need to report foreign income in a tax return (https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/paying-tax).

Helpsheets for filling in your tax return

Helpsheets provide information which can help you fill in your Self Assessment tax return, such as checking if you qualify for a certain relief and working out figures you might need to include in your return.

Use these helpsheets to find further guidance to help you complete the foreign income sections of your tax return.

The remittance basis

Read about paying tax on the remittance basis (HS264) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/remittance-basis-hs264-self-assessment-helpsheet).

Foreign investments and income

Find out about:

income and benefits from transfers of assets abroad or from Non-Resident Trusts (HS262) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/income-and-benefits-from-transfers-of-assets-abroad-and-income-from-non-resident-trusts-hs262-self-assessment-helpsheet)

offshore funds (HS265) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/offshore-funds-self-assessment-helpsheet-hs265)

gains on foreign life insurance policies (HS321) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/gains-on-foreign-life-insurance-policies-hs321-self-assessment-helpsheet)

the Accrued Income Scheme (HS343) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/accrued-income-scheme-hs343-self-assessment-helpsheet)

Tax reliefs and allowances

Read helpsheets about:

the limit on Income Tax reliefs (HS204) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/limit-on-income-tax-reliefs-hs204-self-assessment-helpsheet)

overlap relief (HS260) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/overlap-relief-hs260-self-assessment-helpsheet)

relief for foreign tax paid (HS263) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/calculating-foreign-tax-credit-relief-on-income-hs263-self-assessment-helpsheet)

dual residency (HS302) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dual-residents-hs302-self-assessment-helpsheet)

capital allowances and balancing charges (HS252) (https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/capital-allowances-and-balancing-charges-hs252-self-assessment-helpsheet)

HMRC YouTube videos

Declaring foreign income

Watch a video about foreign income and what you need to report to HMRC.

Do I need to declare foreign income to HMRC? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seKrMO8oWic)

You will learn:

what foreign income is

how and when to tell us about foreign income you have received

how to tell us about foreign income received in previous years

Double Taxation Relief

Watch a video about Double Taxation Relief and foreign income.

Double Taxation Relief and foreign income (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtDG5cAsKww)

You will learn:

what Double Taxation Relief is

how to claim relief for tax paid on foreign income when a double taxation agreement (DTA) is in place

what records to keep