For future searches. As not many accountants know this, and many foreign agencies hide this. Please ensure you read IR20 http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/pdfs/ir20.pdf
Working abroad
2.2 If you leave the UK to work full-time abroad under a contract of employment, you are treated as not resident and not ordinarily resident if you meet all the following conditions
• your absence from the UK and your employment abroad both last for at least a whole tax year
• during your absence any visits you make to the UK
- total less than 183 days in any tax year, and
- average less than 91 days a tax year. (The average is taken over the period of absence up to a maximum of four years - see paragraph 2.10. Any days spent in the UK because of exceptional circumstances beyond your control, for example the illness of yourself or a member of your immediate family, are not normally counted for this purpose.)
If you do not meet this then you will most likely be liable to pay significant additional tax in the UK
Working abroad
2.2 If you leave the UK to work full-time abroad under a contract of employment, you are treated as not resident and not ordinarily resident if you meet all the following conditions
• your absence from the UK and your employment abroad both last for at least a whole tax year
• during your absence any visits you make to the UK
- total less than 183 days in any tax year, and
- average less than 91 days a tax year. (The average is taken over the period of absence up to a maximum of four years - see paragraph 2.10. Any days spent in the UK because of exceptional circumstances beyond your control, for example the illness of yourself or a member of your immediate family, are not normally counted for this purpose.)
If you do not meet this then you will most likely be liable to pay significant additional tax in the UK
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