Seatax
Offshore wind farm crew tax and SED
Crew on crew transfer vessels, service operation vessels and other wind-farm support ships may be seafarers. SED still needs a qualifying ship, an eligible period, the half-day rule, and usually a foreign-port voyage. Inshore field work inside 12 NM is a UK day.
Pain
Wind-farm rotas look like seafaring. Many days are still inside UK waters.
Solution
We test the vessel, midnight positions and foreign-port voyages before we claim.
Typical failure points
No foreign port in the employment, too many consecutive UK days, or a unit that is really an installation rather than a ship. College or shore work in the period can also break the eligible period.
This page is general information based on published HMRC guidance, not personal tax advice. Seatax will apply the rules to your sea service after you enrol. Fees from £275 including VAT per return.
Questions people ask
Does working on a turbine count as a ship?
The turbine is not a ship. Time on a navigating support vessel may be. We split the duties.
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