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It's easy for someone who's not tax resident to pass a non-tax residency test? Isn't that a tautology? ;) Your understanding of what is a family test isn't cor
by ucha 5y ago
It's easy for someone who's not tax resident to pass a non-tax residency test? Isn't that a tautology? ;)
Your understanding of what is a family test isn't correct either. If you have a boyfriend/girlfriend and you spend enough time together, you will be considered as "living as spouses or civil partners" and that would prevent you from passing the family test. The burden of proof would be on you to prove you that you're not that close to your partner to pass the test. And by the way, if your bf/gf owns or rent a place in the UK in which you spent a single night, HMRC would consider you have an accommodation in the UK.
There are solicitors who make a living solely on individual tax residency because it is way more complex than spending >183 days in the UK.
- Reason077 5y ago> "It's easy for someone who's not tax resident to pass a non-tax residency test? Isn't that a tautology? ;)" The point is that if you have enough wealth to make achieving non-tax residency desirable, then most of the time you will also have the resources to arrange your affairs in such a way that you can achieve that status while still being able to spend significant time in the UK. Yes, individual circumstances vary, but for most people in that category these tests are not a huge hurdle. > "If you have a boyfriend/girlfriend and you spend enough time together, you will be considered as "living as spouses or civil partners" and that would prevent you from passing the family test." In most circumstances that is unlikely. If you have a partner that you spend enough time with to be considered "living as spouses or civil partners", then they would very likely also be non-resident. Because they'd be living with you!