Living in a van means almost total freedom, but it also involves juggling administrative obligations. From tax domicile to mail management, and specif...
Sunsets and mountain passes fill the feed, but behind every free-looking nomad sits a folder of forms, and that is the part we had to figure out. As French expats settled in Portugal’s Algarve, we learned that changing your life on the road is as much a tax question as a travel one.
Residency, domicile and the country that actually gets your tax are three different things, and confusing them is how people end up paying twice. We use Portugal as our base precisely because getting this right early saves you painful letters and backdated bills later on.
Handling official life from a layby means scanning documents, keeping addresses valid and staying reachable, which is easier once you set up a system. If Britain is on your route, our walk-through of administration and taxes in vanlife shows how we keep the boring parts under control so the free parts stay free.