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Moving to Dubai only gives you 0% personal income tax if you genuinely break UK tax residence under the Statutory Residence Test. The 33 guides in this section cover Moving to Dubai from the UK, Moving to Spain from the UK, Moving to Portugal from the UK, and more. Each guide is written and kept current by Jordan Onraet-Wells, a Chartered Tax Adviser.
Moving to Dubai from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Dubai's headline is famously simple: 0% personal income tax. The UK side of the move is where the planning lives, from the Statutory Residence Test to what happens to UK property and pensions.
10 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Spain from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Moving to Spain from the UK is two tax jobs at once: leaving the UK system cleanly and entering the Spanish one with your eyes open.
12 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Portugal from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Two things changed the picture for Britons moving to Portugal, and most older guides predate both. Here is how the move works now, on the UK side and the Portuguese one.
10 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Australia from the UK: Tax Implications 2026/27
The UK-to-Australia move is one of the most popular corridors we advise on, and one of the easier ones to get wrong. This guide covers both ends of the move.
11 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Cyprus from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Cyprus has become one of the most talked-about destinations for UK leavers wanting a low-tax EU base in the sun. This guide covers the UK exit and the Cypriot regime side by side.
11 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Canada from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Once you become non-UK resident, the UK stops taxing your worldwide income but keeps taxing what you leave behind. This guide walks the UK-to-Canada move through both systems.
10 min read Reviewed June 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to New Zealand from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Become non-UK resident and the UK stops taxing your worldwide income, but it keeps the right to tax what you leave behind. Here is the UK-to-New Zealand move, end to end.
11 min read Reviewed June 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Ireland from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Move from the UK to Ireland and you usually stop being UK tax resident from departure, often with split-year treatment. The detail is in what the UK keeps taxing afterwards.
10 min read Reviewed June 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Switzerland from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Whether you still pay UK tax after moving to Switzerland turns mainly on the Statutory Residence Test. Leave genuinely and the UK's claim narrows to UK-source income and certain gains.
10 min read Reviewed June 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Germany from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Move from the UK to Germany and you usually stop being UK tax resident once you have genuinely left, after which the UK taxes only UK-source income and certain UK gains.
10 min read Reviewed June 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to France from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Moving to France does not switch off UK tax the moment you board the ferry. The Statutory Residence Test decides when you become non-resident, and the UK keeps taxing what you leave behind.
12 min read Reviewed June 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Singapore from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Move to Singapore and you usually stop being UK tax resident, often from the date you leave. The UK keeps taxing rental profits, UK property gains and most UK pensions.
10 min read Reviewed June 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Thailand from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Moving to Thailand does not end your UK tax obligations overnight. Residence under the Statutory Residence Test comes first, and even non-residents keep paying UK tax on UK-source income.
10 min read Reviewed June 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Saudi Arabia from the UK: the 2026 tax guide
Saudi Arabia charges no personal income tax on salaries, a large part of why it has become such a popular destination for British professionals. The UK exit is where the tax work sits.
10 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to the UAE from the UK: tax, Golden Visa and free zones
The UAE charges individuals no personal income tax on salaries, investment income or capital gains, so the move can genuinely cut your bill. The UK side decides whether it actually does.
10 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Qatar from the UK: the 2026 tax guide
Qatar levies no personal income tax on employment income, so a move to Doha can genuinely lower your tax bill. Whether it does depends on how cleanly you leave the UK system.
8 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Italy from the UK: the flat-tax regime explained
Italy's flat-tax regime lets new residents cap Italian tax on foreign income and gains at a single annual lump sum. This guide explains how the election works for UK leavers.
10 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideUK Tax for British Expats in the Gulf
For British expats in the Gulf, UK tax exposure turns on one thing above all: whether you are UK resident under the Statutory Residence Test. This guide covers the whole Gulf picture.
10 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Bahrain from the UK: the 2026 tax guide
Become UK non-resident and you generally stop paying UK income tax on Bahrain earnings and most foreign income. This guide covers the exit, and what the UK still taxes.
7 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Oman from the UK: the 2026 tax guide
Move to Oman and, once you are UK non-resident, the UK generally stops taxing your worldwide income and gains. The work is in leaving cleanly and managing what stays behind.
9 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Monaco from the UK: the 2026 tax guide
Monaco charges its residents no personal income tax, capital gains tax or wealth tax. The hard part of the move is making, and keeping, UK non-residence.
8 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to the US from the UK: the 2026 tax guide
Become a US tax resident and the United States taxes your worldwide income, not just what you earn in America. This guide walks the UK-to-US move through both systems.
11 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideThe Cyprus non-dom regime for UK leavers: 2026 guide
Cyprus non-dom status gives a UK leaver up to 17 years of dividends and interest free of Cypriot defence tax, and the 2026 reform kept the benefit intact. This guide explains what non-doms still pay, how to get the status, and how to break UK residence cleanly so the regime actually works.
7 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideThe Cyprus 60-Day Tax Residency Rule: A UK Leaver's Guide
Cyprus will treat you as tax resident after just 60 days if you meet four strict conditions. What the rule actually requires, what changed on 1 January 2026, and the UK trap that catches British leavers who assume it ends their UK residence.
9 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideRetiring to Cyprus from the UK: Pensions and Tax (2026/27)
Once you are Cyprus resident, the 2018 UK-Cyprus treaty moves almost all UK pension income, including the State Pension, into Cypriot taxing rights, and Cyprus then taxes foreign pensions at a flat 5% above 5,000 euros by default, with an annual option to use the normal bands instead. This guide covers the treaty, NT codes, the State Pension, UK property left behind and healthcare.
8 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Panama from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Panama taxes only Panamanian-source income, so foreign income can sit outside its net entirely. The UK side of the move is where the planning lives, from the Statutory Residence Test to the residence-based IHT tail.
8 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Greece from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Greece pairs two flat regimes, a 100,000 euro non-dom lump sum and a 7% rate for foreign pensioners, with a UK treaty that dates from 1953. The UK side of the move decides whether any of it works.
8 min read Reviewed August 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Malta from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Malta taxes residents who are not domiciled there only on Malta-source income and on foreign income remitted to Malta, and foreign capital gains stay outside Maltese tax even when remitted. The UK side of the move is where the planning lives, from the Statutory Residence Test to the residence-based IHT tail.
9 min read Reviewed August 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Hungary from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Hungary charges a flat 15% personal income tax and the EU's lowest corporation tax at 9%, with no wealth tax. The UK side of the move is where the planning lives, from the Statutory Residence Test to the residence-based IHT tail.
8 min read Reviewed August 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Poland from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Poland taxes residents on worldwide income at 12% and 32%, but a 19% flat rate for business income, a lump-sum option on revenue and a four-year return relief make it far friendlier than the headline bands suggest. The UK exit still decides most of the outcome.
9 min read Reviewed August 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to the Philippines from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
The Philippines taxes foreign residents only on Philippine-source income, so UK pensions, dividends and rents can sit outside its net entirely. The UK side of the move is where the planning lives, from the Statutory Residence Test to the residence-based IHT tail.
8 min read Reviewed August 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to Croatia from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
Croatia taxes residents on worldwide income at rates each municipality sets within national ranges, but its digital nomad permit exempts foreign-employer income from Croatian income tax entirely. The UK exit is where the planning lives, from the Statutory Residence Test to the residence-based IHT tail.
9 min read Reviewed August 2026
Read the guideGuideMoving to the Isle of Man from the UK: the 2026/27 tax guide
The Isle of Man offers a 21% top rate, an electable £220,000 annual tax cap and no local capital gains or inheritance tax, a short flight from London. The catch is that the island's closeness makes UK residence easy to keep by accident, and the UK IHT tail follows you regardless.
8 min read Reviewed August 2026
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