Hi, I'm a Canadian in the process of getting a job in abu dhabi with one of their government agencies. As I do my research I am having quite a bit of trouble understanding the tax rules and being deemed a non-resident.
I understand I have to cut ties here, but what happens to certain ties that I cannot easily cut? Such as outstanding debt: mortgage, personal loans, CC balances. I don't have the money to close all of those down, the mort. I was going to rent my place out through a property management company but the rest I just can't afford to pay off all at once, thus I will need to continue paying them through my existing bank account which would be leaving a 'tie' to Canada open. Does anyone have any experience with this situation and was able to be deemed a non-resident?
In addition, I have a good, well paying fed. gov. salary here, I could try to take a sabbatical/leave without pay type deal for 5 years and they hold my substantive level in the public service but again I'm stuck with this being a tie to Canada. I don't think it would be a good idea to quit my job outright as it would be very difficult to get hired at the same level when I come back given the nature of the current government and intention to keep trimming the public service.
Any advice would be useful. I have additional questions about salary etc. but I will leave that aside for now.
I understand I have to cut ties here, but what happens to certain ties that I cannot easily cut? Such as outstanding debt: mortgage, personal loans, CC balances. I don't have the money to close all of those down, the mort. I was going to rent my place out through a property management company but the rest I just can't afford to pay off all at once, thus I will need to continue paying them through my existing bank account which would be leaving a 'tie' to Canada open. Does anyone have any experience with this situation and was able to be deemed a non-resident?
In addition, I have a good, well paying fed. gov. salary here, I could try to take a sabbatical/leave without pay type deal for 5 years and they hold my substantive level in the public service but again I'm stuck with this being a tie to Canada. I don't think it would be a good idea to quit my job outright as it would be very difficult to get hired at the same level when I come back given the nature of the current government and intention to keep trimming the public service.
Any advice would be useful. I have additional questions about salary etc. but I will leave that aside for now.