costamar wrote on Thu Mar 9, 2023 8:21pm:
Hi everyone, I would like to ask this in case anyone knows. A friend of mine and myself we live in Spain. In the past, we worked for a UK government department, and because of that employment, we have started receiving a “civil service pension“ (a “UK government pension”...
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...). We are Spanish nationals by origin. But we also have UK citizenship through naturalization. We are a bit confused… is this UK government pension taxed in the UK... or in Spain... or in both countries? Because we have the two nationalities we do not know how it applies to us. Many thanks for any suggestions. Kind regards.
You will need to get advice from both HMRC and an accountant.
Not all UK Government pensions fall under the agreement.
As a former Post Office employee - although all my pension communications come with a cabinet office logo, for taxation purposes I pay tax in Spain.
This link may help
https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/international-manual/intm343040
Lynn