start again just wrote a whole speal and lost it some how!!grrrr...
right..in the site
www.hmrc.gov.uk under the dt.digest full tax relief is given in turkey uder the dt agtreement to- government pensions (pensions paid to ex gov.employees) state pensions(oap) and private pensions.
to qualify for this you need to claim for non resident statis. this requires that you fill in forms stating that you are out of the country the majority of the time and visit uk no more than the stated ammount of days.etc.
also that you are a resident of turkey and a potential tax payer
(full citizeship is not nessesary) getting the turkish tax side of things sorted is the dificult part and where my wife can help.
once the forms are completed and returned to the nottingham centre for non residents. it takes about six weeks to process there.
you also get backdated tax with interest paid for the ammount of previous years you have resided in turkyie.
a couple of year ago i asked on this forum if anyone had actually applied for this and there was no reply up till now. recently i met a retired uk tax inspector who had sucessfully achieved this and inspired me to go for it.
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