How many do we have here?
What do you have to do to get there? E.g. I have heard that in practice you have to become resident somewhere else in order to persuade HMRC that you have left the UK; then go non-res from there.
What do you get out of it? ISTM that you won't legally get out of paying tax, you might just to pay tax in the place where you currently work? But why is that better than e.g. just being resident in a low tax country? And what about social contributions? In some countries, those are the big costs, not tax as such. UK tax compares not badly with Switzerland, apart from NICs. But those social contributions are what get you health care and pension: if you don't pay them anywhere then you risk not qualifying for those.
What do you have to do to get there? E.g. I have heard that in practice you have to become resident somewhere else in order to persuade HMRC that you have left the UK; then go non-res from there.
What do you get out of it? ISTM that you won't legally get out of paying tax, you might just to pay tax in the place where you currently work? But why is that better than e.g. just being resident in a low tax country? And what about social contributions? In some countries, those are the big costs, not tax as such. UK tax compares not badly with Switzerland, apart from NICs. But those social contributions are what get you health care and pension: if you don't pay them anywhere then you risk not qualifying for those.
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