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Interesting thread. We have discussed similar as we have recently bought a camper van and are spending increased amounts of time in Europe. We already have a holiday home in France, and plan to use that as a base once we are retired, to travel the rest of Europe and beyond. I was lucky to be able to get an Irish passport through parental fluke of Dad having been born in Northern Ireland. So we were also wondering at what point we would become non resident in UK, if we spent more than 6 months outside. But it would seem from the Gov info given above that it’s actually very hard to lose your requirement to pay tax in UK, unless you sell everything in UK and leave permanently. Not sure we ready to do that, although give this new government a few more months and we may be racing for the door!
Be aware that being 'tax resident' is very different from being 'resident'. We're no longer tax resident in the UK but are still domiciled in the UK and have UK nationality. It can be a bit of a minefield so, if you're thinking of making any changes, make sure you take good, professional advice. We paid £7,000 for tax, residence, inheritance, business etc. advice before we made the move and it was money well spent. The company we used had been recommended to us by our UK accountant as 'not the cheapest but they are the best'. We were very happy with them and continue to use them now as our French accountant and tax advisors. I'd be happy to recommend them to anyone who messages me, as I don't think it's allowed on a post.