It's a couple years since I last updated mine, but I was under the impression that if you already have a British passport you don't need to provide...

I find it part of the esoteric cultural joy of living in Japan. Thirty minutes to make a cup of tea isn't efficient either, but no one calls the...

I suspect it may be part of the larger coordinated plan to buy the 2020 Olympics.

I assume this is meant ironically?

Have you not seen Foursquare?

The tax office?

The lump sum refund is taxable, withheld at source (20% I think). You can claim a refund of that tax if you have left the country.

You're still over-thinking it. Don't sweat it. Wire the money to your own bank account, take it out in cash and have your wife toddle down to city...

I think you're overthinking it. It's less than your wife's tax free income allowance anyway -- and I believe the gift exemption is something like...

Seems to me that if you're paying back money that you should not have received in the first place, the net result on your income is zero. The tax on...