Brian contacted us as he was in the process of being made redundant, having completed 7 years of his 28 years with his company working outside the UK.

He had returned to the UK briefly further to his latest assignment overseas but was hoping to claim foreign service relief on his termination payment as well as claiming relief on his PILON (which was fully relievable for UK tax non-residents at the time), a relief only available to UK tax non-residents. We were therefore tasked with planning how to remain UK tax resident for the remainder of the UK tax year, which was complicated by his family remaining in the UK further to his assignment completion.

Once the tax year had ended, we filed the tax return with a foreign service relief claim and successfully obtained a tax refund of £112,871.95 for Brian.