GIM10000 - Non-resident insurers


A non-resident general insurance company, like any non-resident company, is chargeable to corporation tax on its trading activities carried on in the United Kingdom through a permanent establishment - ICTA88/S11 (1).

This Chapter explains the accounting, regulatory and taxation aspects of the treatment of non-resident insurers which differ from those of resident insurers.


GIM10010

Accounting requirements: non-UK companies

GIM10020

Regulatory background: general

GIM10030

Regulatory background: EEA insurers: ‘EEA firms’ with a branch or providing services in the UK: passport rights

GIM10040

Regulatory background: EEA insurers: ‘Treaty firms’ with a branch or providing services in the UK: individual Treaty rights

GIM10050

Regulatory background: EEA insurers: meaning of ‘branch’ and ‘provision of services’

GIM10060

Regulatory background: EEA insurers: further guidance on meaning of ‘branch’ and ‘provision of services’

GIM10070

Regulatory background: EEA insurers: FSA requirements on ‘branches’, ‘provision of services’ and ‘Treaty firms’

GIM10080

Regulatory background: EEA insurers: no assets or regulatory returns required in UK

GIM10090

Regulatory background: non-EEA insurers: general

GIM10100

Regulatory background: non-EEA insurers: FSA returns

GIM10110

Scope of UK taxing rights: background

GIM10115

Scope of UK taxing rights: double taxation treaties

GIM10120

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA and OECD Model Treaty: introduction

GIM10121

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA and OECD Model Treaty: permanent establishment

GIM10122

Scope of UK taxing rights: the corporation tax charge: accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2003: charge on profits

GIM10123

Scope of UK taxing rights: the corporation tax charge: accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2003: ‘independent enterprise’

GIM10124

Scope of UK taxing rights: the corporation tax charge: accounting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2003: ‘free assets’

GIM10130

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA & Article 7 OECD Model: application to insurers

GIM10140

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA & Article 7 OECD Model: attribution of the investment return

GIM10150

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA & Article 7 OECD Model: attribution of the investment return: regulatory guidance

GIM10160

Scope of UK taxing rights: : attribution of the investment return: significance of solvency margin

GIM10170

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA & Article 7 OECD Model: attribution of the investment return: OECD Commentary

GIM10180

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA & Article 7 OECD Model: attribution of the investment return: traditional Methods 1 and 2

GIM10190

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA & Article 7 OECD Model: attribution of the investment return: treatment of interest

GIM10200

Scope of UK taxing rights: : section 11 ICTA & Article 7 OECD Model: attribution of the investment return: mutual agreement procedure

GIM10210

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA & Article 7 OECD Model: OECD Report on the Attribution of Profits: background

GIM10220

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA & Article 7 OECD Model: OECD Report on the Attribution of Profits: Step 1 - determining the activities and conditions of the hypothetical distinct and separate enterprise: the key entrepreneurial risk taking function

GIM10221

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA & Article 7 OECD Model: OECD Report on the Attribution of Profits: Step 1 - determining the activities and conditions of the hypothetical distinct and separate enterprise: attribution of assets

GIM10225

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA & Article 7 OECD Model: OECD Report on the Attribution of Profits: Step 1 - determining the activities and conditions of the hypothetical distinct and separate enterprise: investment yield

GIM10230

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA & Article 7 OECD Model: OECD Report on the Attribution of Profits: Step 2: determining the profits of the hypothetical distinct and separate enterprise

GIM10231

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA & Article 7 OECD Model: OECD Report on the Attribution of Profits: internal and external reinsurance

GIM10235

Scope of UK taxing rights: section 11 ICTA & Article 7 OECD Model: OECD Report on the Attribution of Profits: Model Article 7(4) - apportionment methods: Model Article 7(7) - interaction with other Articles

GIM10240

Other taxation issues: taxation of non-residents generally

GIM10250

Other taxation issues: FOTRA securities and War Loan

GIM10260

Other taxation issues: loan relationships and derivative contracts