Hello,
I have lived elsewhere in the EU for the last few years. Before that I always lived in the UK. During the time I have lived elsewhere in the EU, I did not work in the UK or have any regular income from the UK. I have never worked in or received any regular income from any other EU country.
Now I have started drawing on a private pension which is taxed at source in the UK. I assumed that I would have to pay tax on this to the government of the EU country where I know live, and claim the tax back from the UK.
However, when I went to the local tax office in the country where I now live, and showed them my official identification card that gives me permission to live in that EU country, they surprisingly said the following:
“You are not tax resident here, and because you do not work here, you can choose where you pay the tax on your income that you say is not earned from working”
I was visibly surprised, but 2 ‘tax officers’ insisted that this was correct. If this is correct, it is very convenient for me because I do not have to do anything and still all my tax affairs are in order.
Although I vaguely remember reading a post a few years ago that said you can still be tax resident in the UK even if you have not lived there for a long time, it still sounds strange.
Can anyone help clarify the situation here?
Many thanks in advance.
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