Marriage tax allowance for dependent non UK wife??

Jeremy535897

Tax residence is defined specifically, as opposed to residence for immigration purposes. You need to work through the statutory residence tax rules.
The facts that she is dependent and they have children do not impact the issue.

Andy_L

Dookdik17095 said:

She is not classified as a UK resident  she cant spend more than 6 months in UK . She has family commitments in Thailand and my brother usually spends  vacation time in thailand ,,  She does not have to pay tax in Thailand as she does not have enough income for that from family business .

They have never managed to get her UK residency as she would have to stay in UK for 2 years as a resident  to progress and  my brothers deployments and her  commitments have  broken that rule .. The kids go to private schools  in UK .He is leaving army in 3 years  so things may change ,, Thank you for your advice .  i will pass it all onto my brother .

So

AIUI time spent outside the UK as a result of service commitments (eg in her case an accompanied posting overseas) count as residency in the UK

sheramber

Andy_L said:

Dookdik17095 said:

She is not classified as a UK resident  she cant spend more than 6 months in UK . She has family commitments in Thailand and my brother usually spends  vacation time in thailand ,,  She does not have to pay tax in Thailand as she does not have enough income for that from family business .

They have never managed to get her UK residency as she would have to stay in UK for 2 years as a resident  to progress and  my brothers deployments and her  commitments have  broken that rule .. The kids go to private schools  in UK .He is leaving army in 3 years  so things may change ,, Thank you for your advice .  i will pass it all onto my brother .

So

AIUI time spent outside the UK as a result of service commitments (eg in her case an accompanied posting overseas) count as residency in the UK

Not when she is not a British Citiizen

unforeseen

sheramber said:

Andy_L said:

Dookdik17095 said:

She is not classified as a UK resident  she cant spend more than 6 months in UK . She has family commitments in Thailand and my brother usually spends  vacation time in thailand ,,  She does not have to pay tax in Thailand as she does not have enough income for that from family business .

They have never managed to get her UK residency as she would have to stay in UK for 2 years as a resident  to progress and  my brothers deployments and her  commitments have  broken that rule .. The kids go to private schools  in UK .He is leaving army in 3 years  so things may change ,, Thank you for your advice .  i will pass it all onto my brother .

So

AIUI time spent outside the UK as a result of service commitments (eg in her case an accompanied posting overseas) count as residency in the UK

Not when she is not a British Citiizen

It sounds like she is not on accompanied tours but back in Thailand

Andy_L

sheramber said:

Andy_L said:

Dookdik17095 said:

She is not classified as a UK resident  she cant spend more than 6 months in UK . She has family commitments in Thailand and my brother usually spends  vacation time in thailand ,,  She does not have to pay tax in Thailand as she does not have enough income for that from family business .

They have never managed to get her UK residency as she would have to stay in UK for 2 years as a resident  to progress and  my brothers deployments and her  commitments have  broken that rule .. The kids go to private schools  in UK .He is leaving army in 3 years  so things may change ,, Thank you for your advice .  i will pass it all onto my brother .

So

AIUI time spent outside the UK as a result of service commitments (eg in her case an accompanied posting overseas) count as residency in the UK

Not when she is not a British Citiizen

I meant resident in terms of being able to, ultimately, claim indefinite leave to remain/citizenship rather than tax status

Dookdik17095

She comes and goes  , stays UK for 3-5 months then  back to Thailand  etc