English or UK?

[Dennis]

Hi,

Are there separate UK and English citizenships? If you reside in Jersey do you pay less income tax?

dennis

[Russell]

Hi Dennis

The simplest answer is 'No' and 'Yes'

Russell

[Dennis]

Hi Russell;

I should have asked the citizenship thing as being British & English; can one be renounced and not the other? The Jersey thing had to do with Lee Westwood's income tax:)


Regards. dennis

[Currie]

Hello Dennis,

Russell should be well and truly in the land of Nod by now.

England is just one part of the United Kingdom. There is no such thing as an English passport or a Welsh passport or a Scottish passport, just a British passport, and it’s the same with citizenship.

Jersey is a British Crown Dependency, is not part of the UK, but is considered as part thereof for citizenship purposes, subject to certain conditions. There’s mention in this Wiki of the rate of tax payable there. I wouldn’t know about Lee Westwood, is he the golfer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey

See also http://www.gov.je/LIFEEVENTS/CITIZENSHI ... fault.aspx

Jersey, in the Channel Islands, isn’t the only tax haven on the block http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_haven

All the best,
Alan

[Dennis]

Hello Dennis,

There’s mention in this Wiki of the rate of tax payable there. I wouldn’t know about Lee Westwood, is he the golfer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jersey

See also http://www.gov.je/LIFEEVENTS/CITIZENSHI ... fault.aspx

Jersey, in the Channel Islands, isn’t the only tax haven on the block http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_haven

All the best,
Alan

Hi Alan,

Yes that's the Lee Westwood I was referring to; the #1 Official World Ranked Golfer

Thanks. dennis

[Currie]

Hello Dennis,

I live too much in the past to know the latest in golf.

Now if you had asked me who won the Honourable Company of Golfers Gold Medal at Leith Links, on Saturday, June 27th, 1807, I would have said Walter Cook, Esq., writer to the signet.

And this guy’s still going strong in 1817. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=XF0 ... 22&f=false

All the best,
Alan

[Elwyn 1]

Tax liability generally isn't linked to nationality. It is based on where you are domiciled (resident). A British person and say an American whose financial and residential circumstances in Jersey were identical should have the same tax liability there.

[Montrose Budie]

Just to be exact, the name of the country is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland !........

Great Britain consists of the countries of Scotland and England and the principality of Wales.

mb