My background is as follows:
I'm a British Born Chinese holding a British passport; nursery, primary, secondary and university all in the UK. Never held a "proper" job in the UK so did not pay any taxes. I only moved to HK about 3 years ago and I'm a PR (thanks to my parents). I've been working ever since and have been paying my taxes too.
So I received a letter from my bank stating that HK are implementing the "Common Reporting Standard" where they need to determine which country I am a "tax resident." My bank says from my details, they think I'm a tax resident in both HK and UK (I assume they got this info as my mailing address was once in the UK).
They're asking for my Taxpayer Identification Number which I have in HK. But since I never worked in the UK, am I suppose to have one?
Exactly, what determines whether I have to pay BOTH HK and UK taxes?! I'd have no money left!