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Schengen Visa Rules

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The Jock Tax: How Duty Days Are Actually Calculated (2026)

States tax visiting athletes by duty days in state over total duty days. Travel days count in the denominator but not the numerator, which changes the answer.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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Oil Rig Workers and Seafarers' Earnings Deduction: Why You Do Not Qualify

Rotational offshore workers routinely assume the seafarers' relief covers them. HMRC's manual excludes offshore installations outright, whatever your days.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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Seafarers' Earnings Deduction: How the 365-Day Rule Actually Works (2026)

The SED wipes out UK tax on your earnings, but only if your eligible period survives two separate tests. The half-test is the one that catches people.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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Leaving Norway: The 61-Day Rule and the Three-Year Exit, Explained (2026)

Norwegian tax residency does not end when you move: it ends when Skatteetaten's conditions are met, including no more than 61 Norway days a year and no dwelling.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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Norway's 183-Day and 270-Day Rules: The Two Clocks That Make You Tax Resident (2026)

Norway runs two rolling presence tests at once: more than 183 days in any 12 months, or more than 270 in any 36. Why the second one catches emigrated Norwegians.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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Golden Visa Minimum Stay Requirements: The Days You Must Spend, Country by Country (2026)

Residence-by-investment lives or dies on minimum-presence rules: Portugal's famous 7 days a year, Greece's zero, and the citizenship math behind them.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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British Snowbirds in Florida: The Visa Ceiling, the US Tax Formula and the UK Side (2026)

Five-month Florida winters need a B-2, trigger the substantial presence formula over the years, and interact with your UK SRT position. All three clocks, explained.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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How Long Can UK Citizens Stay in the USA? ESTA, the B-2, and the Tax Line (2026)

90 days on ESTA with no extensions, up to six months on a B-2, the I-94 date that governs, and the tax test that catches long visitors. Sourced and current.

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Schengen Visa Rules

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Overstaying ESTA in the US: The 90-Day Limit, the I-94, and the 3- and 10-Year Bars (2026)

Overstay the visa waiver by a day and you lose VWP for life. The I-94 date that actually governs, the unlawful-presence bars, and the counting mistakes to avoid.

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