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Leaving the UK: UK tax guides
Leaving the UK does not automatically end your UK tax obligations, and getting the timing and paperwork right in the 2026/27 tax year can be the difference between a clean break with a refund and an unexpected bill years later. The 10 guides in this section cover Leaving the UK, P85, NT Tax Code and Your Leaving-Year UK Refund, Voluntary NI From Abroad, and more. Each guide is written and kept current by Jordan Onraet-Wells, a Chartered Tax Adviser.
Leaving the UK: a tax guide for people moving abroad
Leaving the UK does not automatically end your UK tax obligations. Getting the timing and the paperwork right is the difference between a clean break with a refund and an unexpected bill years later.
15 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideP85, NT Tax Code and Your Leaving-Year UK Refund
P85 leaving the UK guide for 2026/27: when to file P85 or Self Assessment, claim your leaving year tax refund, get an NT code and receive the money abroad.
11 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideVoluntary NI From Abroad: The Class 2 Change
From 6 April 2026 expats can no longer pay Class 2 voluntary NI.
8 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideWorking Abroad for a UK Employer: Tax and NI
Working abroad for a UK employer?
9 min read Reviewed July 2026
Read the guideGuideAutumn Budget 2026 for Expats and UK Leavers: What We Know
The Budget is confirmed for Wednesday 28 October 2026. This living page separates what is already legislated for leavers and non-residents from the exit charge, CGT, IHT and pension rumours, and sets out what is genuinely worth doing before Budget day and what is panic.
9 min read Reviewed August 2026
Read the guideGuideUK State Pension Living Abroad: Frozen Rates, Tax and Claims
Your UK State Pension is payable anywhere in the world, but the country you pick decides whether it rises each April or freezes at the day-one rate, and the tax treaty decides which country taxes it. Add the end of Class 2 contributions from abroad in April 2026, and retiring overseas now needs three decisions made properly, not one.
11 min read Reviewed August 2026
Read the guideGuideStudent Loan Repayments Abroad: The 2026/27 Rules
Your student loan follows you when you leave the UK. You must tell the Student Loans Company within the rules, your repayment threshold changes with your destination, and silence is expensive: fixed monthly charges, penalty interest, and in the worst case the whole balance demanded in one lump sum.
11 min read Reviewed August 2026
Read the guideGuideInfluencers and Content Creators Leaving the UK: the Tax Guide
Once you are genuinely non-resident, brand deals, ad revenue and subscription income earned for work done abroad fall out of UK income tax. The traps are everything you leave behind: the UK company that stays UK resident, the W-8BEN that stops working in Dubai, the VAT registration nobody cancels, and the five year rule that taxes your biggest dividend the day you come home.
10 min read Reviewed August 2026
Read the guideGuideDoctors and Nurses Moving Abroad: The UK Tax Checklist
For NHS staff taking a job in Australia, New Zealand, Canada or the Gulf, the UK tax answer is mostly good news: split-year treatment takes your overseas salary out of UK tax from around your departure, a refund of PAYE is usually due, and voluntary National Insurance is cheap. The one thing that does not travel is the NHS Pension, and the one form people forget is the CF83.
11 min read Reviewed August 2026
Read the guideGuideDisregarded Income: The Rule That Caps UK Tax for Non-Residents
Non-resident for a whole tax year? Sections 811 to 814 ITA 2007 cap your UK tax on dividends, interest and certain other income, often at nil. Here is what counts as disregarded income, the two computations, the SA109 boxes, and worked examples at £20,000 and £80,000 of dividends.
11 min read Reviewed August 2026
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