You won\u2019t be able to claim back National Insurance<\/a> from previous tax years, unfortunately. But <\/em>if the country you\u2019re moving to has a social security agreement with the UK, anything you have paid will contribute towards the benefits system over there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can check which countries have a social security agreement with the UK here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Before booking that one-way ticket, you may want to check whether the country you are living in will also<\/em> tax you on your UK income as this is not unheard of.<\/p>\n\n\n If your country of residence has a double-taxation agreement with the UK you can avoid this by claiming tax relief in the UK, so you pay taxes only once – sounds fair to us! <\/p>\n\n\n\n Check which countries have this agreement with the UK here<\/a>, it\u2019s never too late to switch the destination on that ticket!<\/p>\n\n\n\n If a UK company employs you, but you live abroad (for example, as a secondment), your employer can set you up as a non-resident employee<\/a> for tax purposes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Be sure to double-check with your employer!<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you live abroad, you cannot directly use HMRC\u2019s online services to file your self-assessment tax return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your taxes have to be filed either by:<\/p>\n\n\n\nHow do I avoid double taxation?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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