Answer nine short questions. You get a straight read on whether your old country still taxes you, what it charges on the way out, and the exact steps, forms and dates in the right order.
Nothing is saved or sent. Answer as honestly as you would to a tax office, because that is who checks.
I am leaving
I am moving to
Include work trips, holidays and family visits. Part days usually count.
Where you stand
probably not resident
Ties you keep
0
Home, family, work, property, company, ninety days
Days back
20
Counted against the old tax year
On these answers you probably stop being resident in the United Kingdom, so only income arising there stays taxable.
This is the part relocation sellers leave out.
The United Kingdom does not charge a tax on leaving, which is the single biggest difference from Australia.
Where you live decides what you pay. Plan the move before you pack.
Check whether the new country taxes worldwide income or only money earned inside it. That single difference is the whole point of moving.
Check the treaty with your old country for the residence tie breaker, and for pensions, property and dividends.
Low headline tax usually means the money is collected elsewhere, through consumption taxes, levies or fees. Compare the whole cost.
Tax years start on different dates: 6 April in the United Kingdom, 1 January in the United States, 1 July in Australia. Count arrivals and departures against each one separately.
Home, family, work, doctor, car, club, storage unit. This list is what an inspector asks for, so make it before you need it.
This is the step people skip, and it is the expensive one. Australia deems a sale, the United States taxes on renunciation, the United Kingdom claws back gains if you return soon.
If both countries claim you, the treaty decides using permanent home, centre of vital interests, habitual abode and then nationality. Knowing the order tells you which facts matter.
Selling shares, crypto, a second property or a business before or after your residence change date can change the tax completely.
Leaving quietly is what creates penalty letters two years later. Put the departure date in writing.
Form P85, leaving the UK
Where on it: Your leaving date in section 1, with parts 2 and 3 of your P45 attached
Deadline: As soon as you have left, once your final UK pay has been made
GOV.UKA tax number, a payroll registration and health cover in the first month save a year of corrections later.
Boarding passes, leases, utility bills, school letters and payslips in the new country. Residence arguments are won on documents, not memory.
The right paperwork keeps the saving legal and yours.
Departure paperwork first, then what the new country wants. Check each box number on the official page before you file.
On the way out
Tells HMRC you have gone and claims back tax over-collected in the part year.
On the way out
The only place your residence position is actually declared.
On arrival
Your registration date is the evidence your new residence started.
P85, SA109 and NRL1 are part of a move, but the ordinary Self Assessment dates still apply in the year you go. The UK deadline page lists all of them, with the penalty for missing each one.
Enter your figures once and the tax year page fills the real return for you: Self Assessment for the UK, Form 1040 with Schedule 1 and Schedule 2 for the United States, and the Australian individual return with its supplementary section, business schedule and Medicare items. It saves privately and prints.
Build my return, UK, US or AustraliaThe Moving country room is open to members and accountants. Post your dates, your ties and the country pair, and get answers in public.
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