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>"...I don’t have enough credentials to become a resident, it was so easy before, get your funds in from the UK, do a bit of cash in hand around the likes of Benidorm and bob was your uncle, but that’s all changed now – hey, don’t be fooled thousands of Brits in some guise or other have been doing the same thing, especially in the entertainment industry!"

Could someone say what this means? I know Benidorm is a resort area popular with Brits but why was cash important if they were legally there anyway pre-Brexit? What's the angle?



Cash in hand means non taxed. So, not paying Spanish payroll tax, which includes hypothicated taxes for health.


It seems to me most likely that the speaker had continued to be "resident" in the UK for tax purposes, and effectively had a second home in Spain.

As such, they were claiming welfare benefits in the UK, meanwhile working in Spain, and not declaring their income for tax in either country.


He's saying that life in Spain was easier when you could have your pension/unemploment benefit paid into your account from the UK whilst also earning money doing cash in hand jobs locally.




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