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creeper1
Joined: 30 Jan 2007
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 Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 5:39 pm Post subject: UK equivalent -Residency Certification- Needed to avoid tax |
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I'm two weeks into my first public school job and my co-teacher says I can avoid paying Korean income tax if I provide some document to prove my residency in the UK.
I was a little unsure of what it was that I had to provide. So I quized him a little more and he produced an "Application for United States Residency Certification" and told me "bring something like this".
Has anyone working in a public school successfully avoided paying Korean income tax and what is the document they furnished their school with? |
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Whistleblower
Joined: 03 Feb 2007
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:22 pm Post subject: |
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| The best thing would be to get a Council Tax bill and that proves your residency. As far as I am aware, there is no residency certificate for British citizens in the UK (it is different for foreingers). |
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nobbyken
Joined: 07 Jun 2006
Location: Yongin ^^
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Do you have a UK address on your passport? |
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gazz
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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Donghae
Joined: 24 Dec 2003
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
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| Posted: Thu Nov 27, 2008 11:41 pm Post subject: Re: UK equivalent -Residency Certification- Needed to avoid |
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| creeper1 wrote: |
I'm two weeks into my first public school job and my co-teacher says I can avoid paying Korean income tax if I provide some document to prove my residency in the UK.
I was a little unsure of what it was that I had to provide. So I quized him a little more and he produced an "Application for United States Residency Certification" and told me "bring something like this".
Has anyone working in a public school successfully avoided paying Korean income tax and what is the document they furnished their school with? |
Be careful here. It'd be ideal to get away with not paying tax in either the UK or Korea, but it looks like you can't do that.
If you have to pay tax in one of the two, you'd proabably be much better off paying it in Korea. I know of a number of people who claimed UK residence to avoid tax in another country, who then got stung by the UK tax authorites for tax on their income earned overseas at a much higher rate than the country they were in would have taxed them.
If you never plan to return to the UK or don't mind having to fend off the UK taxman, fair enough. But just be careful before you tell the Inland Revenue anything that you might subsequently want to un-tell them.
IF your school will accept something like a UK utility bill, council tax bill etc. I'd be very surprised, but that would be ideal for you if they did. Because you could then keep everything quiet from the UK taxman. |
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nizpaz
Joined: 09 Oct 2008
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Nov 28, 2008 1:35 am Post subject: |
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| If it helps at all, a lot of PS UK teachers are not taxed and dont have to provide this residency cert. I'm not, and I never did! Tell your PS that UK dosent issue such a certificate and that you get 2 years to not pay the tax. If they tax you they will have to pay you back at the end so its not worth the hassle. There are lots of threads on here about it. I cant remember all the facts. Yes it is better to be taxed here as opposed to the UK, but most people dont pay it in either place unless they're filing tax returns back home for part years rebate. |
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Michael_75
Joined: 13 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 5:34 pm Post subject: |
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I gave them my P45, seemed to work.
Is it likely that if I return home the taxman is going to try and tax me? I sent a Leaving the UK form to Revenue and Customs (P80?) but I never heard a reply or received my tax rebate... |
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LostinKSpace
Joined: 17 Feb 2008
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| Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2008 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| I am no expert on this, but tax here is so miniscule in comparison to that in the UK, and if you declare yourself to be resident in the UK then you are liable to pay UK income tax on your income (although you may be able to fly under the radar) |
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BS.Dos.
Joined: 29 Mar 2007
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So has anyone from the UK had a tax rebate etc whilst working in Korea? If you can somehow produce something that resembles a certificate of residence, do they back-date what you've already contributed?
My school have just (albeit vaguely) asked me for a certificate of residence even though neither they nor I know what one is. I've just got a phone number for the inland revenue and told them (my school) that I'd call them (IR) and find out how I get my hands on this 'certificate'. I'm planning on being back in the UK for about 2-months later this year before emigrating. So, if there's a sniff of a chance of rinsing some extra coin out of either system, I'd be happy to know how to proceed. |
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