Scotland Act 1998
Days spent in Scotland or another part of the UK
Income Tax
- Jurisdiction
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Provision
- 80F
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source1 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— a the number of days in the year on which T is in England at the end of the day; b the number of days in the year on which T is in Wales at the end of the day; c the number of days in the year on which T is in Northern Ireland at the end of the day. 2 T is treated as not being in the UK at the end of a day if— a on that day T arrives in the UK as a passenger, b T departs from the UK on the next day, and c 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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Scotland Act 1998 · legislation.gov.uk · Retrieved 17 August 2026.
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