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What information is required by the TRS?

Trust Registration Service (TRS)




UK government obligations that come under 4MLD which recognized by the government in which trust is needed to register and you can do under the trust registration service. This rule has come into the real effective way in the month of June 2017.


This contains the main and important details like the name of the trustee along with their address. Some other information is also required like professional details, agent works, a law that is governed, and the last but not the least proper details about the trust or will trust, etc. you did not need to complete this form if you have not gained any income or profit or maybe some gains which come in the future. These were the things means important details which were required in the past under HMRC in the 41G form to register the trust.


If you want to register the trust under Trust Registration Service 2021 (TRS) then you have to make sure or may have the knowledge that the TRS is also needed to be registered because the new legislation enlarges the scope of information and the details that must be collected.


Now a day’s TRS gives you the online service for the registration of the trust under this and you mention you’re all details and information in it and you can obtain their Self-Assessment (SA) Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR). Trusts also need a UTR in order to adduce the SA tax return.

Required details for TRS


Information required by the TRS needs some details about your trust it includes trust assets that include the UK property’s address and also the market values of the asset which is held at the time of settlement. It always collects the details at the initial time of registration which was valued at that time only.


Moreover, it is possible to use a statement of actual class of persons to identify (actual or potential) beneficiaries. There a beneficiary is un-named who is only just a part of a class of beneficiaries, a trustee will require to gives the identity and detail of the beneficiary at that time when they take financial or non-financial benefit from the trust. Some important identities and details about trustees, settlor as well as any person who will be going to exercise the effective control and management of the trust.

The information required will include:

• Name

• Date of birth

• NI number (NINO) is also required if UK resident, unless under 16 years old, or a UTR if any

• An address and passport or ID number are required for non-UK residents when no NINO


Updates to the TRS are needed by 31 January which is done after the end of the tax year in which so many changes come. Moreover, HMRC wants detail of trustees and about their trust. They have to give the details and proper as well as correct information should be updated. Here all update may be limited and that confirm your identity and further no changes may occur.


Changes can be made to the trust’s correspondence address, the lead and main trustee can be changed, and it may be possible to add or remove the details or information of the people who are allied with the trust at any time. The details of trust assets are only introduced once at the first point of time at the registration and if these changes were already done so there is no need to change information regarding the trust assets on the Register.


HMRC also need these details of the trustees of all UK express trusts related to incurring a tax liability in the tax year which is already given that need to maintain in an accurate manner and It should be up to date records which are in written form that include all the actual and potential beneficial owners of the trust with the set that come under regulation 44(1) of the legislation.


Written information to be maintained:


Under the legislation, any law comes to an enforcement authority and it also requests for the details and information about the owners of the trust that is beneficial in nature which does not bear any liability to any of the contingent UK taxes.


• The full name of the trust should be mention.

• The date on which the trust was introduced

• The country where the trust is thought to be resident for tax purposes

• The place where the trust is administered

• A contact address for the trustees is important.

• Full name of advisers who are being paid to give legal, financial, or tax advice to the trustees regarding the trust as well as some other details

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