British Expats - Double taxation

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Originally Posted by GiantSantaCruzer (Post 13250608)

Question 3 on the Canada DT form specifically states:
From what date did you pay tax, or will you pay tax in Canada blah, blah blah....
(My emphasis)
So, that clearly implies that you don't need to wait to receive the payment before claiming tax relief. My intended pension commencement date is July 1st but I've not got the form back from CRA yet as I have no idea how long they will take to process their part of the form.
Assuming I get the form back from CRA in plenty of time, I may hang onto it for a few weeks then send over to HMRC a shortly before July...

I agree it certainly does suggest you can send it in early (and it makes sense to do so) however the letter I received told me you can't and the phone call reinforced that position. I think it took about 4 weeks to get the form back from CRA, but that is probably location dependent.