Returned to Uk from Canada
 

Sadly my wife and me had to return back to sunny Wales after a 7 month stint working as a bricklayer in Vancouver, due to circumstances out of our control.
The biggest problem now is all our possessions are in storage in Vancouver, but what I wanted to know is when we come to ship everything back to the UK we have a large quantity of home brew wine............to be precise about 80 bottles or so:thumbsup: Does anybody know weather we would have to pay tax on the wine bringing it back to the UK.
Also I wanted to know if it is possible to claim back my 7 months tax I paid in Canada.....I could sure use it now.

If any one can give us any ideas I would love to hear......thanx:cool:

Re: Returned to Uk from Canada
 

Sorry to hear you had to come back, no chance of headed back to Vancouver? There is a 'double taxation law' which means you have to pay tax somewhere, UK or Canada, and I think preference is given to where you earnt your hard earned dollar.

No idea about the home brew mate, my suggestion, throw a big party over in vancouver :)

All the best with dealing with everything,

Matt

Re: Returned to Uk from Canada
 

You may be able to claim the tax back - and you can claim it back for up to circa 4 yrs I think. I know this as when I work in Ontario (provided I've not worked in UK same year), I use an accountant in Ontario who claims all my tax back for me.

Sorry what I mean is you can claim for some years previous, but dont think you'd get more than a years tax back. I've only ever claimed 4-6 months back but successfully. All I had to do was fill in a form, but I was lazy & got accountant to sort it out. :D No idea on other regions though, only Ontario

Re: Returned to Uk from Canada
 

File a tax return for 2009 (use the BC tax package) and you may well get some back. Make sure you use the BC package and not the non-resident one.

Re: Returned to Uk from Canada
 

Have you filed a tax return for Canada? Any adjustments would be made there. It also depends on your status while in Canada. If you were not a deemed tax resident you may be able to get it back, but then you would declare it on a UK tax return and pay tax on the income there.

Re your own brewed wine, you would be better to contact HMRC for a definitive answer. It may be more hassle than it's worth.