Libz
New member
Hi, in similar situation, did you get an answer to this please ?They can and do. I wrote to them to see if I’d get a reply and I did. They answered some questions directly but refused to comment on a specific scenario as this constituted tax advice. They confirmed that even if I remained a resident, I could still fail the residency test. So in effect they’d charge tax as though I’d emigrated even though a remained a UK for tax purposes.
Ive followed up asking directly if they classified a boat as a “home”. This isn’t tax advice. It has nothing to do with postcode since they will classified a home aboard as a “home” and there are cases that a motor home could be a home. If they write back I’ll post it here for all to see and perhaps it may help someone else in the future.
I have taken professional advice but since there is. I case law on this specific scenario then none of them are willing to stick their neck out and give a direct answer. Most say it should be fine, other say it’s not worth taking the risk.
And not taking to risk is telling a sailor he can’t go to sea. And that’s a god given british right Id day!