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thanks indeed the amount would be under those allowances. I am inclined not to submit returns.

The effort required to compile the information would also be quite onerous as the statements are only available on paper and go back quite a few years.

Ok, you have convinced me :-) Summary of new rules: all income in an ISA (individual savings account) , no matter what kind of ISA, has to be declared every year as capital income in your German tax return . If the ISA contains investment funds, then even if there was no income in it, it still has ...

thanks Gary, indeed we're still thinking about it.

The benefit of DE ETFs would be that we could continue to pay in once the child is 18.

Once the junior ISA converts to an ISA at 18 my understanding is that no addition of funds is possible for non UK residents.

I was thinking ETFs on a DE platform

One problem with keeping it going in UK is the admin effort.

Onerous identification requirements on reaching 18, lots of postal correspondence, getting an NI number, potential need for tax return in DE etc

thanks a lot, more or less as I thought.

Will look to close them down once the child is 18.

Hopefully without triggering a liability in the UK due to no longer being resident.

Hi all,

Great that this forum has survived somehow.

does anyone have experience of dealing with UK child trust funds (junior ISA)?

What's the best way of handling UK/ DE tax obligations?

Child is now permanently in DE, unlikely to return to UK.