shelley748

I have looked this up as far as taking money from RRIF whilst living in UK. If we still maintain a house in Canada- and we live in the UK as well for part of the year- can we avoid legally the 25% witholding tax?

Benson55

I always thought a person has to be a permanent resident in one or the other country but its ok to own a property in another country as a non resident.
Best to ask an accountant really.

shelley748

I think I will be a resident of Canada and spend some time in the UK LOL

durham_lad

You can indeed be resident in 2 countries as we discovered when setting up a second home in the UK while still living in the USA. Once we met the residency tests of but both countries it was the country of Domicile that got to be the primary taxation authority (and there was a decision flowchart on the HMRC website to help make that determination).

As to the OP's question I have no answer unfortunately. We have the equivalent retirement funds in the USA but are able to select "no withholding" when making withdrawals, even though we now reside in the UK.