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Money & business
Think through access to your assets, where your business operates, and what a move could change.
Articles in Money & business
CASE STUDY
From the UK to the Isle of Man. A considered move.
One founder’s fictional route from frustration to a practical family relocation.
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BUDGET EXPLAINER
Is the UK introducing an exit tax?
What the October 2026 Budget actually said, how a departure tax could work, and which rules already apply.
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FOUNDER GUIDE
Selling your business and moving to the Isle of Man
How the sale date, tax residence and money arriving after completion can affect a founder’s plans.
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Your wealth should have more than one point of access.
The questions to ask about institutions, currencies, custody and country exposure.
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FIELD GUIDE
What Determines Your Tax Residence When You Live Across Borders?
Build a record of your homes, work and travel before testing how two countries may treat the same year.
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Where You Live and Where Your Company Is Run. Why Both Matter
Map your residence, the company’s leadership and the places it trades before making a cross-border decision.
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Can You Run a UK Company From Another Country?
Work through permission to work, company obligations, payroll and the practical changes needed to keep trading after a move.
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What Changes When You Pay Yourself From a Company Overseas?
Decide what a payment represents, then check company approval, withholding and your personal reporting before you transfer it.
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How to Build a Cash Plan for a Cross-Border Move
Put deposits, pay dates, tax and currency conversion on a single calendar so you can see how much cash the move needs.
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FIELD GUIDE
Taking a Salary or Dividends After You Move Abroad
Compare regular salary and dividends from your UK company against your work pattern, company reserves and the rules in both countries.
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FIELD GUIDE
How to Prepare for a Tax Adviser’s Review Before You Leave
Prepare a concise cross-border tax brief with the dates, assets, documents and decisions your advisers need.
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FIELD GUIDE
What Double Taxation Agreements Cover and Where to Look for the Detail
Find the treaty that applies, read the article for your type of income and work out how to claim relief.
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What Happens to Your UK Pension When You Move Abroad?
Check how the State Pension, workplace schemes and personal pensions will be paid and taxed before you plan retirement abroad.
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What Happens to ISAs and Investment Accounts After You Leave the UK?
Check what you can keep, contribute to or transfer when you become non-UK resident, and what the new country may ask you to report.
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FIELD GUIDE
Keeping a UK Rental Property While Living Abroad
Plan for withholding, landlord obligations, repairs and the timing of a possible sale before relying on rent from overseas.
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FIELD GUIDE
What Founders Should Check Before Moving Their Company Overseas
Separate a change of company residence, a new overseas entity and a transfer of business assets before you plan the transaction.
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How to Handle Equity and Share Options When You Move Country
Build a timeline for each equity award and ask how residence, workdays, vesting and sale affect it.
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What Founders Should Ask About Tax Before Signing a Sale Agreement
Work through the seller, consideration, disposal date, relief and cash schedule before agreeing the terms of a business sale.
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How to Budget When Your Income and Spending Are in Different Currencies
Plan in the currency of your bills, test weaker exchange rates and keep transfer costs visible.
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What Banks May Ask for After a Business Sale
Prepare a clear record of the sale, your ownership and the route the proceeds took so a bank can review a large payment.
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How to Move a Large Sum Across Borders and Compare the Real Cost
Compare what will reach the recipient, verify payment details and allow time for checks before moving a large sum abroad.
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What to Ask Your Accountant Before Hiring Staff in Another Country
Compare hiring arrangements, employer costs and local reporting before promising a start date.
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What Changes When Your Clients Are in One Country and You Work in Another?
Map where you sell, where you deliver and which business is responsible for contracts, tax and client data.
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The Costs Founders Miss When Comparing Two Tax Regimes
Compare company cash, personal pay and the practical costs of working in each country on the same assumptions.
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How to Plan the First Year After a Business Sale
Organise proceeds, commitments, handover and household spending before deciding what comes after the sale.
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What Moving Abroad Can Mean for Your Will and Estate
Map ownership, wills, taxes and who can act for you when your family and assets span countries.
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When a Foreign Company Needs a Local Presence
Identify the commercial, registration, tax and employment questions that can change when a company starts operating in another country.
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How to Read a Take-Home Pay Comparison Before Making a Move
Read the assumptions, test the numbers and turn a modelled take-home figure into a budget for the life you would lead.
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How Different Countries Tax Founders When They Leave
Compare the departure rules in the UK, Canada, Australia and the US and see why company shares deserve an early review.
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