I麓m selling my house in Spain and want to know the best way to transfer money from the sale without paying tax

I live in Spain but want to move back to England (no, I麓m not mad! I have my reasons). I want to sell my house here and move the funds raised to a bank in England. How can I do this without being clobbered for income tax? Or any other tax, for that matter. I know that in Spain I will have to pay capital gains tax but I don麓t want to pay any other tax.

If you sell your house in Spain while still a non resident of the UK, there will be no Capital Gains in the UK. As for the proceeds of the sale, there is no tax on transferring your money from Spain to the UK. (Possible bank charges but no tax). An offshore account wouldn't work if you are going to be a resident of the UK, as worldwide income is taxable in UK while resident here.

open an account with william hill,[the betting office people] put the money into your account from your spanish bank, after a month you can change your bank details to your english account and withdraw at regular intervals into your english account as ''winnings'' nudge nudge. you can open the account on line, even have a flutter if you want

If it is taxed as a capital gain in Spain then I can't see how it can be taxed as income in the UK.

what is your problem just pay the capital gains tax in Spain and put the rest of the remaining money in a suitcase and bring it back to the UK you have no further tax liability in the UK ON THE BALANCE the UK cannot charge income tax because it is not income is it is the residue from a sale of a house in Spain that you will have paid tax in Spain .
you dont have any problems or tax liabilities just bring your money to the UK

There is no UK tax liability arising, unless you had "hidden" CGT liabilities which you avoided by moving to Spain for a five year term. If you did have, don't return within five years.
I'm assuming you are a Spanish resident for tax purposes. If you are a UK resident then you will be liable for CGT on the sale of your Spanish property.

You certainly wouldn't be charged uk income tax because it isn't income. You wouldn't be charged cgt either if you qualify as ex-pat. Even if you didn't you would be entitled to double taxation relief, ie you could deduct the spanish tax from your uk tax bill. Get this cleared with the tax office before you do the transaction. PS Transfer funds into a Euro Account else the bank will clobber you with bad exchange rates. Then get as many quotes as possible to exchange your money. Haggle hard for this. ( i only lose 1/4% on my transactions get as close to this as you can)

Open an off shore account in one of the Channel Islands

You won't have to pay any tax on the transfer - you are in the EU.