I’m inclined to agree. For me it’s the UK. I’m still on the electoral roll, I bank in the UK. Have bills I pay in the UK. But I don’t spend at least 6 months in the UK.
If people are saying I need to be in the UK for 6 months to be a tax resident then where is my tax residency as I travel pretty much permanently? non of which are really places for at least 6 months 🤷♂️
oh and regards difference with exchange rate. I used to take out around 7,000 THB each week as that was my budget. The difference from the true rate and what I got with my withdrawal was around 40p for that amount with Starling. Pretty good really as you never get the true rate. Works out about 0.25% difference.