Residence status

[Diver]

Watch UK Border Patrol on TV.

They stop people on entry and tell them the exact date and times they have entered and left the country. sometimes going back 10 years.

[kellycell]

Watch UK Border Patrol on TV.

They stop people on entry and tell them the exact date and times they have entered and left the country. sometimes going back 10 years.

Will the Inland Revenue really bother checking that?

[Diver]

Will the Inland Revenue really bother checking that?

Where revenue is concerned, what do you think

[kellycell]

Where revenue is concerned, what do you think

I doubt it they will bother to be honest..

[Skillo]

If you want to avoid falling into the UK tax system do not come here to work unless it is on a short term business trip under 6 months.

Try setting up an SA registered company in Spain (for working outside of Spain) http://www.strongabogados.com/about.php

Get yourself a Hong Kong bank account and hope you do not get picked by Hector from the UK - in any case keep moving on...............

Unless you are going to be earning in excess of 100K sterling just take your lumps from Hector.

[meridian]

Watch UK Border Patrol on TV.

They stop people on entry and tell them the exact date and times they have entered and left the country. sometimes going back 10 years.

They're inevitably all non-European though, so they get a stamp in their passport.

I travel in and out of the UK every single week and show nothing more than my boarding card at UK customs, and when I do need to show my (EU) passport than it's nothing more than a flash at them, nothing is swiped.

[Stan.goodvibes]

If you want to avoid falling into the UK tax system do not come here to work unless it is on a short term business trip under 6 months.

185 days per two years, to be precise. If you are prepared to move and can get another passport, set yourself up as tax domicile in another country (one that doesn't charge you tax on income earnt outside the country) then travel the world contracting, but moving every 6 months.

The only tricky bit is getting the pimps to pay to a non-UK company...

One thing I haven't explored yet is what happens if you stay for longer than 6 months (in the UK for 1 year say). Yeah you then have to start paying UK tax, but tax should will be a lot less because you are only working for 6 months (UK taxable), therefore earning 'less' in the tax year.

thoughts Anyone?