Income Tax in UK for EU Nationals

[expat]

To Unicorn and Tim,

Yes I've stayed in UK for more than 3 years now. I am NOT a tax dodger.

But me and the present UK Gov have different views about how things need to be solved/taxed/fixed. I am hugely dissapointed by the tax system in this country and the way Big Gov wants to "fix" problems. I am a SAVER, I am NOT a spender, and savers will get shafted.

Hence my decision to go. I believe that in a free Europe we should have choices. My choice is to be physically resident in another EU country for more than 6 months...depends how things evolve over time with this mess.

I can't say that I will not return to UK...but I don't want to be taxed in fiscal year 2009/2010. I will work elsewhere and get taxed in another EU country.

Do I need to pay tax 2009/2010 for the simple fact that I have lived here 3 years?

We all have different views from the government on some things......
Perhaps you asked the wrong question? Could it be better put like this?

1. I want to stop paying UK tax.
2. I am prepared to leave the country in order to do that.
3. Q: how long do I have to leave for, and when, in order not to be liable for UK tak in 2009/2010?

I am not being sarcastic, honestly, but ISTM that you asked a specific question that you hoped would give the answer you wanted, but you didn't get it; so ask the real question. I'd be interested in the answer too.

[tim123]

To Unicorn and Tim,

Yes I've stayed in UK for more than 3 years now. I am NOT a tax dodger.

By your own admission, you are.

You are trying to engineer a position where income from one tax year is moved into another tax year, specifically with the expectation of withdrawing it whilst you are non resident.

You have every right not to pay tax on monies genuinely earned during the period of non residency. You don't have a right to artificially move money from one tax year to another to falsify that situation.

But me and the present UK Gov have different views about how things need to be solved/taxed/fixed. I am hugely dissapointed by the tax system in this country and the way Big Gov wants to "fix" problems. I am a SAVER, I am NOT a spender, and savers will get shafted.

Hence my decision to go. I believe that in a free Europe we should have choices. My choice is to be physically resident in another EU country for more than 6 months...depends how things evolve over time with this mess.

I can't say that I will not return to UK...but I don't want to be taxed in fiscal year 2009/2010. I will work elsewhere and get taxed in another EU country.

Do I need to pay tax 2009/2010 for the simple fact that I have lived here 3 years?

Because the money was actually earned in TY 2008/9, morally, yes.

tim

[Viktor]

"You are trying to engineer a position where income from one tax year is moved into another tax year, specifically with the expectation of withdrawing it whilst you are non resident"

MyCo paid and will pay tax on company profits. It went up each year since 2005 (when I arrived in UK). For tax year 2008/2009 MyCo will pay CT, as well as for 2009/2010.

"Because the money was actually earned in TY 2008/9, morally, yes"

Morally speaking, does the BigGov have the right to tax me more just because there is a sudden 38bln £ loss in the Treasury piggy bank, spent to bail out the banks?
I have savings in the company, for which tax has already been paid (CT). If I can work abroad for one year and it's legal to take out divis without the 40% tax abobe 35k, what's the problem?

[tim123]

Morally speaking, does the BigGov have the right to tax me more just because there is a sudden 38bln £ loss in the Treasury piggy bank, spent to bail out the banks?

So, setting up your straw man?

In what way has the GB taxman laid out that he will tax you more on your 2008-9 income because of this?