UAE (Dubai) Expats: What moves will you make with the new UAE tax laws?

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I understand. But I have︀ been asked to provide tax residence certificate, utility bills, flight tickets, rental contracts of my︁ new country.
Just FYI
When you have investigation is different reality. They can say -︂ we don't believe you are real emigrant and you can fight it in the same︃ government court
 
I don't know much about the rules for France or⁠ Spain. It's possible they demand proof that you have become tax resident somewhere else, but⁤ if so, they would be outliers.
You could also get tax residency somewhere else to⁣ satisfy the FR/ES taxman and then move out from there again.

No, it does not depend on your passport at︀ all (unless you're American). Your passport is almost entirely irrelevant.
It depends on where you︁ were tax resident before leaving. Very few countries have additional rules for their own citizens,︂ usually everyone is treated equally.
 
Yes I agree. This is︀ in a perfect world unless money hungry government is on your back 🙂

Most of people︁ here move from high tax countries to low / 0% countries. I am trying to︂ say that they should be careful.

If you live in UAE 10 years and move︃ to other country it should be OK
 
Yes, you should obviously‍ make sure that you can no longer be considered tax resident. It's not enough to⁠ get a paper residency somewhere, you have to actually cut ties with your home country.⁤
By the way, taking up tax residency somewhere else doesn't mean much for your home⁣ country.
Take a country like Qatar or the UAE: They may consider you tax resident,⁢ but they have very few tax treaties. If your home country still considers you tax︀ resident under their own laws, then your UAE/Qatar tax residency is completely worthless. They won't︁ care about it at all since there is no treaty.
 
No, I just gave you the examples of how it‍ works for Ireland, UK, Sweden, Germany, Italy, France, Norway. If you are out of the⁠ tax net of these countries that's it , you dont pay tax there, even if⁤ you are a "backpacker" and travel around a lot.

Australia has a newly proposed rule⁣ though, where it seems they explicitly say that if you just travel around, even if⁢ you are out of the tax net, you still pay tax to Australia. But Im︀ not sure it has passed yet, and it is a quite unusual rule. European countries︁ have nothing like that.

For most countries what you are supposed to show/prove is that you dont︄ have ties to the country you left. For example for Sweden, here is how it︅ works in practice: you tell the authorities that you have moved out, and then they︆ check if you have ties to Sweden (business , family, house) and if they conclude︇ you dont , they send you a letter confirming that you are out of the︈ tax net. Then it doesnt matter if you have moved to a country Sweden has︉ a double taxation agreement with or not.

However, if they conclude you have ties to︊ Sweden and are not out of the tax net, then yes, the double taxation agreement︋ - if there is one with the country you moved to - matters. If there︌ is none (like for the UAE), you pay tax to Sweden as usual.

This is︍ basically how it works in most European countries.
 
I agree that there is a risk if you still have some ties to your‌ home country. For example, if you visit frequently. Since most high-tax countries have vague rules‍ about "habitual abode".
You can't do that. You have to actually be gone. Then there⁠ is no such risk.
It seems to me you cannot imagine that people actually have⁤ a nomadic lifestyle.
 
Mm, ok, I⁤ can see this happening if some southern european country decides to investigate you, and you⁣ have moved to a tax haven. These countries are bureaucratic, and authorities have quite some⁢ leeway in what they request, so they can add in stuff not only about the︀ country you left, but the one you moved to as well. When the investigation is︁ over though and you are out of the tax net (or not), then it should︂ work like the rest of Europe.
 
I have moved from one EU country to other high tax country in EU.
Even in⁢ that case they asked all proof. They suspected I have better tax conditions in other︀ country
 
Non EU countries will mostly ask you for⁠ the residency permit, scan of your visa, rental contract possibly, stamps that you were out⁤ of the country for more than 183 days, and you're fine.
 
Ok, interesting, and what happened at the end?⁠ And if you really lived in this other high tax EU country it should have⁤ been not too difficult to show.

Could be that you own a non-micro business that⁣ put you on their radar. Still, quite annoying, and I haven't heard anything like this.⁢
 
" You have your tax residence in France⁠ if one of the following criteria is met:
- You have your household there or,⁤ if you do not have a household, it is the location of your main abode⁣ ...
- You have a professional activity in France, as an employee of otherwise, unless⁢ this activity is secondary ...
- The centre of your economic interests is in France︀ ... "

To be considered non-resident for tax purposes, France does not ask for tax︁ residence proof.
You just need to fulfil none of the condition listed above.
 
FWIW, New Zealand only has a statutory days and a basic ties test (immediate family,‌ property etc). It's rather simple, unlike Australia. You do not have to declare a new‍ tax residency (the form that the Inland Revenue Department makes you fill in doesn't ask⁠ for that). You can still keep your NZ bank accounts/credit cards as they have no⁤ bearing on being classified as a tax resident or not.
 
In EU‍ you can potentially switch bank account type to non-resident account in such cases.
 
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