UK Citizen contracted in Spain for global sailing duties

[steviebabes]

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend a recent handbook or guidance note to assist my niece to determine where to declare her income:

Non-resident UK citizen contracts in Spain with a non-EU company to provide work at sea on a non-EU vessel as it pootles around Europe and the wider world.



I, on the other hand, rarely venture beyond my teeny village . . .

[trickywoo]

Probably best to google seafarer tax and go from there.

However, from what you have said, and assuming they will be at sea for at least 182.5 days out of 365, I wouldn’t expect them to be required to pay income tax.

I think fundamentally it will come down to where they spend most of their time when ashore.

[GT03ROB]

Sounds like she is in a taxation blind spot. Lucky her!

[anonymous-user]

Check, my wife is not tax resident any where in the world, and she gets the rent on her property portfolio tax free, providing she doesn't take it out of the source country, all totally legal, but I needed to put some of my money I to a joint bank account, on IOM and Barlcays gave us murder, no tax residency, prove it's not from drugs etc.we were able to convince them that her status was legal, it could be an issue if she ever wanted to move money to UK for say a house.

[Likeomg]

Contact Kathryn at seatax ltd

All the English guys here use her, I have done for the last 3 years, nav officers on a large cruise ship based outside of the uk..

£220 a year + national insurance as long as she stays out of the uk 183 days.