walt

What Nick and Will say makes sense. I will get another professional opinion on this issue this week and when I have a clear answer I will post it here. Thanks to you all for your replies.

So what happens if I only work in the UK and do no work at home in France? Or will URSSAF not go for that and say that regardless of whether or not I work in France I am still being treated as the French subsidary of my UK employers and so will have to pay both employers and employees contributions on my earnings for work done in the UK?

Thank you all for your responses. Makes you wonder what happens to those poor folks who follows the incorrect advice of an accountant like this. So I guess the key is to live in France but restrict work only to the UK. I guess I could negotiate reduced workdays with my company to only work in the UK and see if that actually leaves me in a better position than if I did work in France and had to pay all the social charges of employer and employee. The question is would the French taxman believe me if I said I did not work on any work-related documents on my computer or read my work email whilst in France?

Having read many of the posts that deal with the issues of being resident in France but working for a UK-based company I am still not sure what my tax and social charges liability would be as well as that of my employer. I will work for a UK company and split my time working in both countries - from home in France for my employer's UK clients and on these client's sites in the UK. I have consulted an French-based accountant who is also a CA in the UK and he did not clarify this point. Instead he replied with this - "I copy below from my consultation:   As a French resident you will be taxed on your income from the UK company, both that income earned while working from home in France, and the income from working in the UK.   Social charges are payable on most types of income in France, including employment income. However as these are deducted as source, they would not apply to your income from the UK and you would therefore not be chargeable.   You can ask your employer not to deduct NI from your salary on the basis that you are no longer resident in the UK. It will ultimately be up to the NIC contributions office if they accept this or not."

I am considering moving to France whilst still working for my UK-based employer. Some of the work will be done in the UK at client sites and some can be done from home in France. I guess a likely split between UK/France work might be 50/50. Can anyone advise what implications this may have with regards not only to my but also my UK employers tax and social charges position?