Going abroad need not be taxing

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The increasing trend for UK citizens to move overseas, particularly later in life, means that the modern financial planner must broaden their knowledge and be able to address the issues a move abroad raises. The Office of National Statistics cited 406,000 UK citizens leaving the UK in 2008 for 12 months or longer, and this number has been rising steadily over the last number of years. However a number of people, particularly the elderly, return to the UK after a number of years, either intentionally or because of issues such as the cost of healthcare. So what of advising these individ...

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