RFIG22410 | Statutory Residence Test (SRT): International tax clarifications due to coronavirus (COVID:19): SRT and coronavirus (COVID-19)

Update August 2022: This guidance was first published in March 2020 and remains as published for reference purposes. Please refer to guidance at gov.uk/coronavirus for current advice for the Country you are in.

Coronavirus (COVID-19)

This new guidance needs to be read in conjunction with the current published guidance on exceptional circumstances (see RFIG22210 onwards).

The UK is currently experiencing the effects of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Events resulting from the impact of the virus are changing rapidly and this guidance may change at short notice as situations change.

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic may impact your ability to move freely to and from the UK or, require you to remain unexpectedly in the UK.

Whether days spent in the UK can be disregarded due to exceptional circumstances will always depend on the facts and circumstances of each individual case.

However, if you:

• are quarantined or advised by a health professional or public health guidance to self-isolate in the UK as a result of the virus

• find yourself advised by official Government advice not to travel from the UK as a result of the virus

• are unable to leave the UK as a result of the closure of international borders, or

• are asked by your employer to return to the UK temporarily as a result of the virus

the circumstances are considered as exceptional.