How long do you need to be out of uk for tax?
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How long do you need to be out of uk for tax?
Any Brits, Scots in particular, know how long you need to be out of the uk to be exempt from paying tax or national insurance?
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Re: How long do you need to be out of uk for tax?
HMRC's website has lots of info on this. If you have any specifics feel free to PM me - I am an IFA for my sins
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Re: How long do you need to be out of uk for tax?
There is no different law for Scots, it's all British income tax etc. I filled in my IR85 and almost instantly had a change to my tax coding from HMRC. NICS is a whole different ball of wax! If your company is UK based you pay NICS for 52 weeks, if it's overseas based you don't pay. Your company will comply with the UK laws if UK based.
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Re: How long do you need to be out of uk for tax?
If you do not have UK earnings you do not need to pay National Insurance unless you are send overseas by the same company and remain on a UK contract, in which case you have to pay 52 weeks.
Useful information for all Brits moving to the GCC here: http://financialuae.me/2012/05/03/gu...ated-may-2012/
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Re: How long do you need to be out of uk for tax?
I'm not on a UK contract but my firms HQ is UK based and I have to pay 52 weeks NICS, irrespective that I've already paid 35 years and the maximum number required for a full pension is 30 (mutter mutter mutter).
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It's an odd rule, but you can't get out of paying. As far as HMRC is concerned you have simple relocated, not started a new job, hence you have to pay. Admittedly annoying in your case.
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Re: How long do you need to be out of uk for tax?
There was quite a protacted email and letters (because HMRC don't really do emails) exchange between me, HMRC and my company with HMRC being content that I not pay NICS but my company paranoid about not paying and being hit in court for 'allowing' no payment. The final upshot being that my company persuaded HMRC that I had to pay! Gggrrr!
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Re: How long do you need to be out of uk for tax?
Cheers for that guys
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Re: How long do you need to be out of uk for tax?
20 minutes.
Unless it starts at a weekend, then 28 minutes.
Unless it starts at a weekend, then 28 minutes.