Tax free? How many days in the UK?
Discussion
Jon39 said:
Residency - looks as though it needs to be less than 183 days per year.
I don't know the answer, but would they be full 24 hours days in the UK?
What about into UK at 9am, then out of the country by 6pm. Is that one day, or does it not count, because it is not a full day?
I just wondered, because a distant neighbour has similar arrangements to OP (wife UK, husband Guernsey). Perhaps part days are more possible though, when a helicopter is available.
oilydan said:
I work away and the family live in our house the UK.
On the tax calculator, to see if you are resident for tax purposes, there are 2 sets of 3 questions....
1st set determines if you are resident, and answered 'yes' means that you are. I answer 'yes' to the significant ties question - house and family in the UK.
However, the 2nd set overrides the 1st set and determines if you are not tax resident.
I answer 'yes' to the question 'do you spend less than 92 days per year in the UK' and therefore Im not tax resident.
My fallback position is that I pay the company I work for 'Hypothetical tax' which then means that the company is liable for any tax bill I have globally. As long as I promise to limit their exposure as much as possible
...and working full time overseas is the card that trumps all others. It is why for those of us that do, all the rest of the significant ties questions are a confusing irrelevance. It's also why non-residence is quite simple if you meet the relatively clear question of working full time overseas. Nationality of company you work for, where you get paid, where your bank account is, do you have a house in the UK, where do your family live..... none of that really matters. On the tax calculator, to see if you are resident for tax purposes, there are 2 sets of 3 questions....
1st set determines if you are resident, and answered 'yes' means that you are. I answer 'yes' to the significant ties question - house and family in the UK.
However, the 2nd set overrides the 1st set and determines if you are not tax resident.
I answer 'yes' to the question 'do you spend less than 92 days per year in the UK' and therefore Im not tax resident.
My fallback position is that I pay the company I work for 'Hypothetical tax' which then means that the company is liable for any tax bill I have globally. As long as I promise to limit their exposure as much as possible
We get hypo tax too, which is good when working 28x28, as it makes no difference to me being resident or non-resident.
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