Can anyone point me in the direction of a seafarers earnings deductions calculator.
I am trying to use the working sheet on Helpsheet 205 but I must be going wrong somewhere.
Any help much appreciated
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It's probably easier to answer your question without rigid reference to the column letters.
I think that the days in the UK (IUK) can only be calculated by reference to the time between an arrival and departure date i.e. in your example the seafarer doesn't seem to have been out of the UK (OUK) for a second time?
Is there any evidence that he is still a seafarer? No deduction can be calculated until a 365 day period has expired and I'm not sure that his mere presence in the UK on the 365th day means that you can claim the deduction for his time of absence (but I stand to be corrected on that one).
You are probably aware that if he is IUK for a consecutive period of 183 days he must start again with his entitlement.
I do agree that the first year of the calculation is messy because of the 365 day period which sometimes means that a tax return may be submitted before the situation is known.
HMRC's guidance on the subject is pretty good with worked examples.
Tom Egerton
Mostly agree with advice already given but it doen's matter where the client is on the 365th day you just need a qualifying period of 365 days or more. That period starts on the first day of the first trip abroad - were there previous trips, subsequent trips or is this one a one-off? If it's a one off it will fail the 365 day qualifying period rule even though the trip is longer than 183 days because the days in the UK only count towards the 365 day qualifying period if they are between absences.
Don't forget to include Foreign holidays.
This is a very useful tool for this calculation,
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.SowerbyApps.SeafarersC...
Reliable and trustworthy.