
Business Investment Relief (BIR) is a UK tax relief that is designed to encourage non-UK domiciled individuals and UK-resident non-domiciled individuals to invest in UK businesses. The relief applies to income and gains that have arisen overseas, which can be remitted to the UK tax-free if they are invested in certain qualifying UK businesses.
To qualify for BIR, the following conditions must be met:
- The individual must be non-UK domiciled or UK resident non-domiciled.
- The income or gains must have arisen outside the UK.
- The investment must be made in a qualifying UK business, which is defined as a trading company or the holding company of a trading group
- The investment must be made within 45 days of the foreign income or gains being remitted to the UK