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Also, this is exciting, and a good reason to get residency here before the end of the year.
I'm not going to be able to get residency before the end of the year though. I mean, unless that's just paperwork? There's no way I could move all my shit over there fast enough and deal with all the employment issues for two people yada yada that quickly.
I see three options:
move as UK person
move as AU person
move as husband of EU personThese may or may not work but then there's the whole employment and tax thing. I don't want to be doing 6 months in one place and 6 months in another just for tax reasons. I want to move to Spain, maybe rent somewhere for 12 months and see if I want to live there permanently.
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From an ethical point of view, I'd prefer to pay tax in Spain as (1) I'm living here
I assume you are paying Spanish council tax, VAT, fuel tax etc so you are paying lots in Spain, maybe more than half depending on your income etc.
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I've done a fair bit of reading on this, (even though I took a different route). The simplest version is, the location you work for the majority of the year (183 days I think) is the only place you should pay tax. Regardless of where your contract is or the currency. I've got friends here who do just that - they get paid by a UK company and then at the end of the tax year (Dec 31st in Spain) they file taxes here. It means you have to keep money back, but then you need to do that anyway here because of the way the tax system works - you generally owe a little more than you pay from your pay check for some reason.
From an ethical point of view, I'd prefer to pay tax in Spain as (1) I'm living here and using the services it provides and (b) fuck paying tax to Boris.
Also, this is exciting, and a good reason to get residency here before the end of the year.
I can go into a whole lot more detail on it if need be, including the different routes for residency and English speaking accountants, if you need any help.