Dual residency

First, what if two countries claim that you have to pay your taxes in that respective state? Your tax residency has direct impact on whether you are fully liable for your local sourced income or your worldwide income. If available and applicable, tax treaties are there to avoid double taxation. As such they allocate the right to levy taxes between countries. This also means that if both states claim your tax residency, the tax treaty may help. And again, most of the time facts and circumstances are leading. If you have doubts on where you live (or where the DTA thinks you reside), please do let us know and we will assist you further by guiding you through the relevant decisions.