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TaviraTrog

And then it'll be

max0603

Off to the Rose Bowl today to watch Eng v Aus cricket match. Oh no! More beer to be consumed!

Green_shutters

Was at the Oval on Saturday to see us lose by 4 runs - gutted! But the alcohol soothed the pain! Hope your day is better than mine was!

Saw the Ashes won though! Smashing!

billybob

tax exempt if less than 90 days spent in UK and tax exempt for income in PT
still pay NI in UK
still get Child benefit as a result
can get mortgage no probs
get residency for better health cover in Portugal.

all info avail free with the UK inland revenue website

good luck with tax free lifestyle

deecee

Contact British Embassy in Lisbon, they are very helpful and have an information package that covers most if not all of your questions, which they will send to you on request.

Supremegermalene

You are right, it's a bloody minefield.

We have just moved and are trying to bring our car, the PT consulate state we have to shut down all our affairs in the UK to avoid paying 'import tax'.

We went to the Tax office in london to check as I don't want all our business in the UK shut down, as my husband will still be working 2 weeks of every month in the UK and I was hoping by paying tax and NI there that I'd still qualify for Child benefit and child tax credit. The lady in the tax office says that's all been abolished and we can only get child benefit etc if husband is actually living in the UK with the children resident there also, not just working there. I'm totally confused as the tax websites say the total opposite...so we're not sure whether to submit a tax return now and close everything there to avoid the car tax or whether we'd be stupid to do that.

The trouble is you speak to one person they say one thing, you speak to another they say something different.

If you work in the UK you should pay your tax there, but Portugal want you to pay all your tax in PT even though there is some sort of treaty where you should only have to declare all income in one country. The UK states you can be resident in more than one country, and have dual nationality, Portugal doesn't agree.

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Mitzyboy

I am sure that DWP in Spain came on here a while back and said that if the husband worked in the UK and was a UK resident then the partner in another EU country could get health care & child benefit.

Supremegermalene

Yes but my husband won't be resident in the UK, hell be resident here but working in the UK.

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Mitzyboy

Whats the period for tax residency / residency in Portugal then? You said 2 weeks a month in the UK he will be spending?

Supremegermalene

I think if you spend over 90 days working in the UK you are classed as being tax resident there, but they also say you have to pay tax in the UK on all earnings from working in the UK.

In Portugal they want you to declare everything here as I believe and he would also be classed as being resident here for tax purposes and would definitely have to pay caixa here.

I don't know it's so confusing!

Mitzyboy

But you dony pay tax twice because there is a reciprocal agreement. So if you are a tax resident in the UK and you pay tax there, then if you declare it in Portugal then I'm guessing you would show the payments as deductable in Portugal. If tax is higher in Portugal then he would pay just the difference.

But as you say, its so confusing.

Gina11

Hi not that I have any shares in the Sunday Times buying a property in Portugal, but go to a good bookshop and have a look at page168 onwards it may help.