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Fredde87
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in Cutting tax
Hi there,
I am on the verge of taking a job offer to go work on a yacht. I am a Swedish citizen who has lived in the UK for 4 years now.
I will be working at sea and will therefore not be paying tax as I am not working in any country.
I will be working 3 months on, 3 months off (so 6 months onboard and 6 months ashore). I am planning to let HMRC know that I am leaving the UK for good and registering myself back in Sweden.
In Sweden you are only required to pay tax if you spend more then 182 days a year in the country (which I wont unless I used every single day of holiday there).
I have no property, shares, interests income or other ties (father works in the UK as well however he is not a UK citizen) in the UK. I do however have friends so I am planning to spend some of my time in the UK, some in Sweden and some traveling elsewhere. So I estimate I will probably spend a maximum of 4 months in the UK per year (as a tourist visiting friends and my father).
So far I think I have it all worked out. However what I am wondering is if I can keep my UK bank accounts and credit cards? Ideally I would prefer to have my salary paid into my UK bank account, however if this is not possible then I can easily setup a offshore account. My understanding is that if I get the salary into my UK account, then I could only spend a maximum of 3 months every financial year in the UK? Is that correct? (if so then I will go down the offshore account route)
If I am registered in Sweden and "paying" tax there (which will be £0 as I dont spend more then 183 days there), will I still be protected by double taxation?
How do credit cards work then? If I keep using my UK credit cards and pay them off from a off shore account, will I run into problems?
Thanks in advance for your help! Appreciate it!
I am on the verge of taking a job offer to go work on a yacht. I am a Swedish citizen who has lived in the UK for 4 years now.
I will be working at sea and will therefore not be paying tax as I am not working in any country.
I will be working 3 months on, 3 months off (so 6 months onboard and 6 months ashore). I am planning to let HMRC know that I am leaving the UK for good and registering myself back in Sweden.
In Sweden you are only required to pay tax if you spend more then 182 days a year in the country (which I wont unless I used every single day of holiday there).
I have no property, shares, interests income or other ties (father works in the UK as well however he is not a UK citizen) in the UK. I do however have friends so I am planning to spend some of my time in the UK, some in Sweden and some traveling elsewhere. So I estimate I will probably spend a maximum of 4 months in the UK per year (as a tourist visiting friends and my father).
So far I think I have it all worked out. However what I am wondering is if I can keep my UK bank accounts and credit cards? Ideally I would prefer to have my salary paid into my UK bank account, however if this is not possible then I can easily setup a offshore account. My understanding is that if I get the salary into my UK account, then I could only spend a maximum of 3 months every financial year in the UK? Is that correct? (if so then I will go down the offshore account route)
If I am registered in Sweden and "paying" tax there (which will be £0 as I dont spend more then 183 days there), will I still be protected by double taxation?
How do credit cards work then? If I keep using my UK credit cards and pay them off from a off shore account, will I run into problems?
Thanks in advance for your help! Appreciate it!
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You will continue to be UK resident and required to file annual UK returns. If you perform no duties in the UK and do not remit a penny of the income to the UK you could continue to claim the remittance basis.0
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