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Podcast: Offshore Tax with HTJ.tax
Episode: When Absence Doesn’t Break Residency
Description: Leaving a country does not automatically mean you stop being a tax resident. In this episode, we explain why tax residency is a legal status, not a travel diary—and why long periods of absence can still leave you fully taxable on your worldwide income.🔎 The Core PrincipleTax residency is determined by legal tests, not by where you happen to be on any given day. While physical presence matters, it is rarely decisive on its own.Many individuals assume that time spent abroad equals non-residency. Tax authorities often disagree.🔍...