HMRC Admin 32 Response

Hi MClay Clay,

If you contact our Income Tax team we can look into this.

Income Tax: general enquiries

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Hi,

The salary payements were for work carried out while you were resident in Hong Kong.  These salary payments will not be taxable in the UK.  If split year treatment applies, it would start from the date you arrived in the UK.  The tax return supplementary page SA102 Box 1, is for the amount of overseas employment income converted to pounds sterling.  You would also show the foreign employment page (SA106) income and tax deducted (in pounds sterling).  The completion date of the sale of the property was while you were resident in Hong Kong.  Any gain arising from the disposal would not be taxable in the UK.

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Hi,

Please contact UK Visas and Immigration for advice.

Contact UK Visas and Immigration for help

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Hi,

Unfortunately we cannot give specific advice about your NICs whilst travelling around the world, but you can find general advice via the following link on Gov.uk

Social Security abroad: NI38

You will need to confirm with your employer if they will be deducting NIC from your monthly earnings. If you are earning below the monthly Treshhold for deducting NICs, you may not have a Qualifying year towards your pension. There is information in the above leaflet about paying voluntarily into the UK system.  

If you need any further advice, you can contact our International NI Enquiry line.

National Insurance: non-UK residents

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Hi,

Information about paying voluntary National Insurance contributions whilst overseas may be found in our leaflet NI38 ‘Social Security Abroad’ which you may find via the link below.

Social Security abroad: NI38

If you wish to pay voluntary contributions after reading the leaflet then please complete and return the CF83 application form which you will find at the same web page as the NI38.

Before applying to pay voluntary contributions you may wish to check your current and future entitlement to a British State Pension. More details are given at:

Application for a State Pension forecast

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Hi,

You can apply for a statement of UK National Insurance contributions while you are still living and working in the UK. You would request this by completing application form CA3916.

Get a statement of your National Insurance contributions (CA3916)

You would choose the option to apply for a Statement of National Insurance contributions rather than a U1 statement. A U1 statement is required by the authorities in the country you are going to, to assist you with a claim to unemployment benefit in that country. It can only be applied for after you have left the UK (or if you are within 2 weeks of your date of departure).

If you are having problems completing the application for a statement of National Insurance contributions, you can contact the online services helpdesk who will be able to assist you.

Technical support with HMRC online services

You can call them using the number in the link above. However, the Statement of National Insurance contributions would not be proof that you are health insured in the UK. It is for information purposes only.

If the Bulgarian Authorities require proof that you are health insured in the UK, they would need to request a S041 certificate from HMRC. They would request this by submitting a S040 application. This has to be requested by the Bulgarian Authorities, you cannot request this certificate.

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Hi,

Our International Caseworker EU Team are currently dealing with queries received on 7 September 2023. You should receive a reply shortly.

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Hi,

Unfortunately as Carers Allowance is administered by DWP, I am unable to confirm what the conditions are for claiming Carers Allowance from abroad.

For further guidance please see below. 

Carer's Allowance: How it works

There does not appear to be an alternative telephone number to contact them from abroad? I am sorry that we cannot be of further assistance for your questions or claim for Carers Allowance.

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Hi,

If you have a Personal Tax Account (PTA) you can check it at the end of each tax year to see if the tax year is qualifying for pension purposes and if not, it will advise the amount required for it to do so.

If you don’t have a PTA you can set one up via link below

Personal tax account: sign in or set up

Or you may wish to call our National Insurance team  and we’ll be able to check for you.

National Insurance: general enquiries

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Hi,

If you are self-employed in the UK then you should register as being self-employed and this will mean that you will pay the class 2 National Insurance contributions. You can register as self-employed either online via link below, by post by completing our form CWF1 or by calling our National Insurance Helpline.

Register for Self Assessment

National Insurance: general enquiries

If you are overseas, please complete and return our CF83 application form which is at the back of leaflet NI38 ‘Social Security Abroad’.  You can find the NI38 and CF83 via link below. 

Social Security abroad: NI38

Thank you.