WIND FARMS

If you work on board a vessel which is involved in the Wind Farm indutsry and are resident in the UK, you may be entitled to claim your UK tax back under the Seafarers Earnings Deduction (SED) rules if you are PAYE. Alternatively, if you are paid gross, you may be exempt from UK tax SED. If you are UK resident and paid gross, you need to declare your income in the UK regardless of whether or not you have a claim. If sufficient time has not been spent out of the UK, you will be liable to pay UK tax. The conditions for a SED claim are as follows;

• In very basic terms have spent more than 183 days out of the UK during a 365-day period (first year, although it is slightly more complicated than that because you also need to satisfy 'the half day rule'
• You are on an employment contract (cannot be self employed)
• You visit at least one foreign port (or Rig in foreign waters) in each tax year with each separate employer
• You work on a qualifying vessel not an offshore installation (if the vessel starts to work in the Oil and Gas Industry it may jeopordize its status, which may require an apportionment of the SED claim or may result in no SED claim being available)

If you think you have a claim, please send/email us the relevant information below, together with the completed enrolment forms;