For Brits already living abroad — founders, freelancers, contractors
You left the UK. HMRC disagrees.
Moving abroad does not end UK tax residency. A day count and a list of ties do. We help you close it properly and run your business through a US LLC we form and maintain.
8 questions, 2 minutes. No email needed to see your result.
The bases British expats are running this from
- Dubai
- Lisbon
- Bangkok
- Chiang Mai
- Bali
- Singapore
- Hong Kong
- Kuala Lumpur
- Tbilisi
- Da Nang
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Medellín
- Mexico City
- Playa del Carmen
- Buenos Aires
- Montevideo
- Panama City
- San José
- Cape Town
- Mauritius
- Limassol
- Valletta
- Istanbul
- Belgrade
- Tirana
- Sofia
- Bucharest
- Tallinn
- Yerevan
- Almaty
- Phnom Penh
- Colombo
Still true for you?
- You moved abroad but never told HMRC in a way that counts
- A flat, a room at your parents', or a UK address is still yours to use
- Your clients still pay a UK Ltd or your UK sole trader account
- You could not say which tax year you actually stopped being resident
Any of them, and HMRC's position is that nothing has changed. Worldwide income, UK rates.
Your UK position closed properly, and on the record
A US LLC we form, file and maintain
One price a year, billed only once the company exists
- Still UK resident without knowing it
- The 183-day question
- Ties you never counted
- A home still available to you
- Trips back that count
- Split-year treatment
- Non-resident, on the record
- A US LLC in your name
- Stripe and a US bank
- Invoices that just work
- One annual cycle
- Nothing left open at home
The problem
Leaving the country is not the same as leaving the tax system.
Moving does not notify anyone. Until it is done properly, and until the test says otherwise, you are UK resident for the whole tax year — taxed on worldwide income, at UK rates, on money earned nowhere near the UK.
Where most people are
Still resident- Left the UK, never told HMRC in a way that counts
- A UK home still available to you, so the accommodation tie stands
- Clients pay a UK Ltd or a UK sole trader account
- Trips back are not counted, so nobody knows where the day count sits
- No date on record for when residency ended, if it ended
Where you need to be
Non-resident- Your departure on the record, with a date that holds up
- Your ties looked at properly, rather than left to chance
- A US LLC we form, file and keep compliant — you are the sole member
- Clients pay the LLC. Stripe, Wise, a US business account
- Days tracked, so the position holds up if it is ever questioned
The test that decides it
It is not a feeling. It is a formula.
HMRC weighs the time you spent in the UK against the ties you still have to it. Miss the line and you are resident for the whole tax year — not just the part of it you were here.
Your UK days
Every night counts
Ties you kept
Five of them, below
Resident, or not
For the whole tax year
The five ties
None of them need you to be in the country. That is why they go uncounted.
Family
A partner, or a child under 18, still living in the UK.
Accommodation
Somewhere you could sleep. A flat, or a room at your mum's.
Work
Working while you are here. A laptop in a kitchen counts.
The look-back
Time you spent here before you left. It follows you out.
Country
The UK is still where you spend the most nights.
The allowance slides
Kept most of them
Barely any time here
Kept one
A lot more
One tie either way moves it a long way.
So why not just tell you the number?
Because it is your facts, not a lookup.
A room at your mother's. A partner who stayed. Two days of work on a trip home. Each one moves you.
Because the cost of being wrong is a year.
Not a few days. The whole tax year, backdated, on worldwide income.
Because it takes twenty minutes with a person.
We go through your ties, your travel and your leaving date, and you get a real answer rather than a guess.
General information about rules HMRC publishes. It is not advice, it does not cover every case, and your own facts decide the answer. Where you need a licensed opinion, get one.
How it works
Four steps. Only the first one is yours.
You
Two minutes, today
- 01
Answer eight questions
Two minutes, no email needed. It tells you whether this fits before anyone speaks to you.
2 minutes
Us
Everything after that
- 02
We go through it with you
Twenty free minutes. Where you actually stand, what it would take, and what it costs.
20 minutes
- 03
We set it all up
The company, the paperwork, the filings. You sign where we tell you and nothing else.
We handle it
- 04
You get on with the business
Banking, invoicing and the annual filings stay ours, every year you are with us.
Ongoing
The only thing you have to do today is the two minutes. Everything after that is ours.
Start with step oneWhat is included
Everything below is in every tier.
The tiers do not gate the structure. The company, the tax ID and the filings are the same whichever one you buy — the difference is how much of the awkward middle we take off your hands.
US LLC, formed and filed
We form the company and file the articles. You are the sole member.
Registered agent
Required by the state. Covered for the full year, renewed with your plan.
EIN from the IRS
The federal tax ID. Without it there is no Stripe, no bank, no invoicing.
Annual filings
State report and the federal forms a foreign-owned single-member LLC must file.
US business address
A real street address for the company. Not a PO box.
The course
How the structure works, what to keep on file, and what breaks it.
Private community
Other people who have already done this, in the same countries.
Complete adds
Most popularYou want the banking sorted, the post handled, and an hour with someone before anything moves.
- Banking help — getting the account open and keeping it open
- Mail forwarding, six times a year
- One hour consultation on your specific situation
- Lease for the company address
- Priority support
- Your exit paperwork, prepared for your country
Private adds
Higher income, more than one entity, or a country that is going to argue with you.
- Direct line to us, not a shared inbox
- Unlimited mail forwarding
- Three hours consultation
- Residency options review — what your realistic next base looks like
Pricing
One price a year. Billing starts when the company exists.
Not when you sign. Preparation runs up to six months in some countries and you do not pay for that window.
Billing starts when the LLC is formed
Not when you sign. Preparation can take up to six months depending on your country, and you do not pay for that window.
Yearly is 25% cheaper than half-yearly
Same service either way. Paying annually costs a quarter less.
We are not a law firm or a tax firm
We form and maintain the company and we hand you the deregistration pack. Where your facts need a licensed opinion, we say so.
Before you spend two minutes on the quiz
This works for a narrow group of people.
This is you
- British, and not also a US citizen or green card holder
- Already living outside the UK, or leaving within the year
- You sell services or digital products — software, consulting, content, an agency
- You are not settling into one country for more than 183 days a year
- You want the UK position documented, not left ambiguous
This is not you
- You hold US citizenship or a green card — tax follows citizenship there
- You are staying in the UK, or moving back into it
- You need a tax residency certificate from somewhere else — we refer that on
- Physical products, stock or a warehouse
- Gambling, lending, or anything that needs a licence
If the second list is you, the quiz says so and stops. Nobody calls you.
Questions
The UK questions, answered before the call.
These are the ten things British clients actually ask. If yours is not here, the quiz result page has a way to send it to us.
Is this legal?
Yes. Leaving the UK tax system is a process HMRC publishes the rules for, and forming a US LLC as a non-resident is ordinary company formation. What gets people into trouble is doing the second without the first: running a US company while still UK resident solves nothing, because a UK resident is taxed on worldwide income wherever it is earned. That is why the order matters, and it is the first thing we look at.
What do I actually have to do?
Less than you are expecting. We work out what applies to you, prepare it, and tell you what to sign and when. The filings go in your name because they have to, so you press send — that is the whole of your side of it. Which paperwork it is depends on your situation, which is what the call is for.
What about my UK limited company?
It does not move with you, and leaving does not close it. There is a real decision here — strike it off, keep it dormant, or keep it trading — and it depends on retained profit, on any distribution you take on the way out, and on the timing against your leaving date. It is one of the reasons a UK case often goes to a call rather than a checkout.
Will I pay zero tax?
We will not tell you that. It depends on where you actually become resident, how many days you spend where, what you sell and to whom. A US LLC owned by a non-resident with no US presence is generally not taxed in the US at the company level, but your personal position is decided by wherever you live once you leave the UK. The quiz asks the questions that decide it.
How many days can I still spend in the UK?
It depends entirely on how many ties you kept, and we will not put a number on it here because the wrong number costs you a tax year. The shape of it is that the allowance slides: hold most of the ties and it is very short, hold one and it is generous. The look-back tie is the one that catches leavers, because it counts time from before you left, so your first year away is usually your tightest. Working out your own figure is most of what the call does.
Can I leave part-way through a tax year?
Split-year treatment exists for exactly that, and it has specific cases with their own conditions — leaving to work full time overseas is the common one. It is not automatic and it is not available to everyone. Getting the sequence right is most of the value in the pack.
What if I move back to the UK later?
You are UK resident again from the point the test says you are, and there are anti-avoidance rules for people who leave and return inside five years. If a return is likely, say so on the call, because it changes what we build and sometimes it changes whether you should do this at all.
What happens to my ISA, my pension and my UK property?
They stay UK assets and they stay in the UK system. You generally cannot pay new money into an ISA once you are non-resident, UK rental income keeps its own regime, and UK property stays within UK capital gains rules for non-residents. None of that is what we sell, and where it needs a licensed opinion we say so rather than guess.
Can I actually get a US bank account and Stripe?
An EIN and a real US address are the entry requirements, and both are included. The account itself still depends on your nationality, where you are resident and what you sell. Banking help sits in the Complete tier for that reason — Essential does not include it.
How long does the whole thing take?
The UK is one of the faster ones. The limit is the tax year and your own travel, not us — the company itself is days once we have what we need from you, and your billing does not start until it exists.
Eight questions. Then you know.
The quiz tells you whether the UK route works for your setup, what it costs, and whether you need a call at all. If you are not a fit it says so and sends you a guide instead of a calendar link.
No payment, no call booked, no email needed to see your result.
8
questions between you and an answer
£0
to see your result — billing starts when the LLC exists
20 min
on a call, and you know exactly where you stand