Tax Residency App “Ovrnite” Launched In Gibraltar
A new Tax Residency App called “Ovrnite” has been launched locally to assist Gibraltar Tax Residents in complying with obligations arising under the Tax Treaty.
A statement follows below:
The announcement comes after the Government last week published a 75 page guidance booklet to assist Gibraltar residents with the new Treaty that will become effective this coming 1st January 2022
Under the new Tax Treaty, Gibraltar Tax Residents have to ensure that they comply with the requirements for establishing Gibraltar tax residency – namely – being present in Gibraltar for 183 days per year. Spending 183 days in Spain in the same year, could lead to a Gibraltar resident satisfying the criteria for Spanish tax residency as well. The treaty provides for a tie breaker mechanism to determine where an individual is resident in those circumstances with an individual spending 183 nights in Spain being deemed to be tax resident in Spain.
A spokesperson for Ovrnite commented “keeping an accurate track of where you spend your days and nights is an extremely important aspect of establishing or maintaining tax residency in Gibraltar and/or avoid tax residency in Spain – this is a common feature of tax residency rules in most jurisdictions. The cross-border lifestyle led by many people that call Gibraltar home, means that we have to be careful to comply with these rules – particularly as “a day” constitutes any time spent in a country – not just a full day. Ovrnite assists Gibraltar Tax Residents by automatically keeping track of days and nights spent in Gibraltar, Spain and elsewhere”.
Ovrnite also contains a “Schengen Area Tracker” which assists British Citizens in keeping track of time spent in the Schengen Area. Under current rules British Citizens may spend only 90 days in every 180 days inside the Schengen Area. A spokesperson for Ovrnite commented “The Schengen time limit is based on a rolling 180 day period which is particularly difficult to keep track of. It is important to keep track of time spent inside the Schengen Area in order to comply with the visa free travel restrictions”.
Ovrnite is available for download free of charge in the App. Store and on Google Play.
Further information about the app. is available at www.ovrnite.app
