EU-Resident Seafarer Tax
The Seafarer’s Earnings Deduction (SED) is a tax refund available to ALL seafarers residents of EU/EEA countries.
To qualify for SED you have to meet three basic criteria:
1. Qualifying vessel: you must work on a „ship“.
2. Qualifying period: Your initial claim period must run for a minimum of 365 days, beginning and ending with a period offshore (on a ship etc). During each 365-day period at least 183 days must be spent out of the UK. A day out of the UK is where you are outside the 12-mile territorial limit at midnight.
3. Qualifying voyage: you must have a valid foreign port visit. There must be at least ONE FOREIGN PORT for each employment in each tax year. NOTE: Voyages to installations/rigs may qualify too, if the rig/installation is located outside the UK – this includes non-UK waters/sectors of the North Sea.
Please contact us now and we will provide you a professional help and claim the maximum possible refund.
