Income Tax question - traveling abroad
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chilli_green
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Hi all,
(Copying this thread over from my post in the wrong forum).
My question is - is there any information you can point me toward, or personal experience, regarding working abroad, and if that affects my Self Assessment Tax Return.
To explain, I work freelance so I get paid the gross amount, and will have to do a tax return for the year 17/18 to calculate my owed tax. By my rough estimates I should owe a couple of grand in tax. Nothing too complicated.
But.
For most of this tax year I've been traveling abroad living off my own savings. A total of 36 weeks out of the tax year, nearly 9 months. Does this qualify me for any sort of exemption or discount or am I hoping for something that doesn't exist, I get taxed on how much I earned while in the UK regardless?
(Copying this thread over from my post in the wrong forum).
My question is - is there any information you can point me toward, or personal experience, regarding working abroad, and if that affects my Self Assessment Tax Return.
To explain, I work freelance so I get paid the gross amount, and will have to do a tax return for the year 17/18 to calculate my owed tax. By my rough estimates I should owe a couple of grand in tax. Nothing too complicated.
But.
For most of this tax year I've been traveling abroad living off my own savings. A total of 36 weeks out of the tax year, nearly 9 months. Does this qualify me for any sort of exemption or discount or am I hoping for something that doesn't exist, I get taxed on how much I earned while in the UK regardless?
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No relief I'm afraid, you are still Resident in the UK and Ordinarily Resident too (R/OR it is called).
As a UK resident you are taxed on your worldwide earnings (generally).
So you will report your usual gross figure.I didn't do it, nobody saw me do it, you can't prove a thing!
Quidco and Topcashback, £4,569
Shopandscan, £2,840
Tesco Double The Difference, £2,700
Thomson EU261/04 Claim, £1,700
British Airways EU261/04 Claim, EUR12000 -
I thought I was hoping for something that might not exist. Thanks for the reply.0
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