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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 24th 2025, 9:31 am
Replies: 35
Views: 8,028
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Moving to a drawdown pension

Sounds like you would have to return to the UK for a while, maybe become UK tax resident.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 24th 2025, 9:22 am
Replies: 35
Views: 8,028
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Moving to a drawdown pension

I'm all for personal experience.. that's all good. What I would say is that once you have a UK pension eg Sipp, then you are perfectly entitled to operate it if you become a tax resident of say...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 24th 2025, 8:49 am
Replies: 35
Views: 8,028
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Moving to a drawdown pension

What a plonker, I stated plainly that I was a UK tax resident. Anyone who has UK citizenship can easily be one for a while if it helps.
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 24th 2025, 5:08 am
Replies: 35
Views: 8,028
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Moving to a drawdown pension

Definitely no ifa is required to set up a sipp, to move it to drawdown, or to arrange each drawdown payment each month.
Look at AJ bell or Hargreaves Lansdowne.
How it differs for non UK residents...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 23rd 2025, 8:18 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 8,028
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Moving to a drawdown pension

No I am uk tax resident
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Oct 22nd 2025, 11:03 pm
Replies: 35
Views: 8,028
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Moving to a drawdown pension

Move it to a SIPP and then you can manage the drawdown yourself ad hoc?
Forum: Australia
Aug 4th 2025, 10:34 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 9,065
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Applying for a working holiday visa to Australia

Worst case can you stay with family if you come back broke?
f the answer is yes then what have you got to lose? keep some cash in reserve so that if it is not working out you can do some touring...
Forum: Australia
Mar 19th 2025, 6:54 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 4,577
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Living standards

In theory Australians can vote for a change and the resources can then be used differently. The UK has less resources, more political dogma and a much higher population density. So maybe you made the...
Forum: Australia
Mar 19th 2025, 5:05 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 4,577
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Living standards

Hmm, I think you are broadly correct regarding %. I find the UK figure nonsensical in comparison unless it has been heavily skewed by recent public sector pay awards.
Something may happen to correct...
Forum: Australia
Mar 11th 2025, 4:17 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 4,577
Posted By scotty9000

Living standards

Interested in reading folks comments on this oecd data

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Forum: The Barbie
Mar 3rd 2025, 2:11 am
Replies: 110
Views: 34,467
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Hello, 20 years in Aus!

👍 Solar + EV is a match made in heaven for Australia. Northern Europe has a bleaker outlook.
Forum: Australia
Feb 2nd 2025, 11:37 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,200
Posted By scotty9000

Re: UK Inheritance tax liability (IHT)

https://www.gov.uk/inheritance-tax/when-someone-living-outside-the-uk-diesHMRC seem to think that your worldwide assets are subject to UK IHT unless you have lived abroad for 5 years, I just wonder...
Forum: Australia
Feb 2nd 2025, 11:11 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 1,200
Posted By scotty9000

UK Inheritance tax liability (IHT)

Assuming the following applies to an individual:
They move from the UK to Australia
They are tax resident citizens in Australia
They move all their assets to Australia and have a property in...
Forum: Australia
Dec 15th 2024, 1:59 am
Replies: 23
Views: 9,235
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Renewal of AU PASSPORT from the UK

AFAIK you require an Australian visa with a UK passport or you will not get on the plane. If you are an Australian citizen you cannot get a visa.
Forum: Australia
Dec 13th 2024, 9:15 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 9,235
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Renewal of AU PASSPORT from the UK

You can get an emergency passport (a letter) at quite short notice which will get you on a plane and through immigration. Bit cheaper than a proper passport but only works once!
Forum: The Barbie
Oct 5th 2024, 11:09 pm
Replies: 110
Views: 34,467
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Hello, 20 years in Aus!

Australia should learn from European/UK example. There may be a demographic deficit but trying to fix it with mass immigration brings various problems. In addition to lack of infrastructure/housing...
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 4th 2024, 11:25 pm
Replies: 110
Views: 34,467
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Hello, 20 years in Aus!

Sounds marvellous. You should definitely look into a flight experience in a 3 axis microlight like an Ikarus C42, they are very common these days - Goodwood/Shoreham - much cheaper flying than a...
Forum: The Barbie
Sep 2nd 2024, 3:27 am
Replies: 110
Views: 34,467
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Hello, 20 years in Aus!

We are so lucky to born into this age where we are able to fly aeroplanes / microlights / paragliders. All the preceding generations wanted to (probably even the hominids!), but we actually can. And...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 12th 2024, 8:42 am
Replies: 110
Views: 34,467
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Hello, 20 years in Aus!

Yes, they remind me of Amish because they wear old fashioned monochromatic garb. The Amish seem pretty self-sufficient as they are farmers, these guys live in North London so I doubt they do much...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 11th 2024, 1:45 am
Replies: 110
Views: 34,467
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Hello, 20 years in Aus!

There was an interesting "Moral Maze" on BBC R4 on this topic last week. A community of Hasidic Jews was mentioned in London who make no effort to integrate - they have their own schools, dress,...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 5th 2024, 7:33 am
Replies: 110
Views: 34,467
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Hello, 20 years in Aus!

LOL, you said Britain is the "sixth richest country" - However, that is based on total GDP, which you now take issue with. This quote is often used by lefties trying to imply that Britain has plenty...
Forum: The Barbie
Aug 4th 2024, 5:33 am
Replies: 110
Views: 34,467
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Hello, 20 years in Aus!

UK is #21 in the table (Wikipedia) of nations ranked by GDP per capita. Ireland is #2. Perhaps low rates of Corporation Tax help.
Forum: Australia
May 26th 2024, 5:50 am
Replies: 3
Views: 3,053
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Is moving to Australia realistic for me?

If you have little in the way of responsibilities - house, kids etc. then it makes things a lot easier and cheaper. You can always return if you don't like it.
Forum: The Barbie
May 10th 2024, 12:37 am
Replies: 7
Views: 1,686
Posted By scotty9000

Re: "Oh, what a lovely war" (moved from ANZAC Day Thread)

I saw the movie, I was 9. It made no sense to me and I was glad when it ended as it was boring. We lived in Bermuda at the time and went to see everything as there was no TV!
Forum: Australia
May 7th 2024, 2:36 am
Replies: 19
Views: 4,603
Posted By scotty9000

Re: Relocate or stay in North Ireland

House prices in Australia are extremely high in my opinion, even though the mortgage market seems less competitive than the UK. I think Northern Ireland is generally considered to be quite reasonable...
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