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Self Assessment tax return for Lloyd's underwriters (Self Assessment helpsheet HS240)

Find out how to complete a tax return for Lloyd's underwriters.

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This guide explains more about how to fill in the Self Assessment tax return for Lloyd’s underwriters. It covers:

  • foreign tax
  • personal stop loss
  • Capital Gains Tax
  • conversion to limited liability underwriting
  • losses
  • relief for members who have been underwriting since before 1972
  • Special Reserve Funds
  • death
  • exempt amounts

Updates to this page

Published 4 July 2014
Last updated 6 April 20252026 + show all updates
  1. The helpsheet for HS240 Lloyd's underwriters (2025) has been added, helpsheets for 2020 and 2021 have been removed.

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Update history

2026-04-06 00:15
The helpsheet for HS240 Lloyd’s underwriters (2026) has been added, helpsheets for 2021 to 2022 have been removed.

2025-04-06 00:15
The helpsheet for HS240 Lloyd’s underwriters (2025) has been added, helpsheets for 2020 and 2021 have been removed.

2023-04-06 00:15
The helpsheet for tax year 2023 to 2024 has been added, and the version for tax year 2019 to 2020 has been removed.

2022-04-06 00:30
The helpsheet for HS240 Lloyd’s underwriters (2022) has been added. The versions for tax years 2017 and 2018 have been removed.