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Tax on overseas cash gift from parent?

I'm about to be given a 50k cash gift from my father who lives in the Middle East. He is not subject to UK tax law, but I am.

Is this taxable?

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  • noh
    noh Posts: 5,829 Forumite
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    north50k wrote: »
    ...........
    Is this taxable?

    There is no tax on gifts.
  • Cook_County
    Cook_County Posts: 3,096 Forumite
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    If your father is a UK domiciliary this will be a PET.
  • dzug1
    dzug1 Posts: 13,535 Forumite
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    There's a possibility it may be taxable wherever he lives in the Middle East - depends on local laws. If it is, it's his problem, not yours

    No UK tax other than the potential for inheritance tax should he not live 7 years and leave a sufficiently large estate.
  • north50k
    north50k Posts: 2 Newbie
    If your father is a UK domiciliary this will be a PET.



    he's not UK domiciliary.
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