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Need lots more information to provide proper advice
Need lots more information to provide you with useful advice like
1) When did you start working outside the UK?
2) Is this a formal arrangement that you work outside the UK? How long is the arrangement for?
3) Do you do any work in the UK when you visit?
4) Where do you live normally? Where is your family?
5) Where do you have a permanent home?
Further
2) Is this a formal arrangement that you work outside the UK? How long is the arrangement for?
I have an arrangement with my employer to keep me working outside of the uk for the foreseeable future, a letter from my employer can be arranged.
When did the arrangement above start?
Also curious as to what you do to be paid from the UK but working wholly outside it. How do you receive your salary if not into a UK Bank account?
Lots of issues
There are lots of issues here and would suggest you speak to a tax adviser/accountant to advise as I am still unclear as to your residency position - further questions/dates are required.
However, assuming that you qualify for the 'Full time working abroad' test under HMRC6 (part 8 onwards but especially 8.5),
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cnr/hmrc6.pdf
You will be non-resident in the UK from the day after your departure from the UK. Accordingly, you will be not taxable in the UK on your employment income from that date onwards. It would be recommended to fill in Form P85. If HMRC issue you with an 'NT' PAYE code then your employer can pay you without deducting any tax.
You will have to file UK tax returns to claim back overpaid tax.
For tax purposes you are now probably resident in Australia/Thailand etc depending on circumstances and you should be paying tax there.
Finally, tax is not the only issue to think about. For NI purposes you should cease to become liable to Class 1 after 52 weeks of going abroad (assuming you have gone to a 'non-agreement' country such as Australia/Thaland). When this happens, Voluntary Class 2 contributions may be recommended to keep your entitlement to UK benefits such as State Pension etc.
To answer your question:-
You need to talk to two or three advisers in more detail and then appoint one of us to deal with your UK affairs. We cannot really give you an idea of fees without a lot more personal information.
You could PM some of us from here or look for a local Aussie or Thai with a UK background.