Section 80F: Days spent in Scotland or another part of the UK

Scotland Act 1998 · 1998 c. 46View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 4A: Taxation — CHAPTER 2: Income Tax

T spends more days of a year in Scotland than in any other part of the UK if (and only if) the number of days in the year on which T is in Scotland at the end of the day exceeds each of the following—

the number of days in the year on which T is in England at the end of the day;
the number of days in the year on which T is in Wales at the end of the day;
the number of days in the year on which T is in Northern Ireland at the end of the day.

T is treated as not being in the UK at the end of a day if—

on that day T arrives in the UK as a passenger,
T departs from the UK on the next day, and
during the time between arrival and departure T does not engage in activities which are to a substantial extent unrelated to T's passage through the UK.

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