Micksyl Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 As the sole employee of a Ltd Company in the UK owned by an American Organisation I am now pondering the best way to transfer my job when we relocate to France next year. The big issues seem to be whether to leave alone and allow my salary,taxation etc to route through the UK ,to transfer the company to France or become an independent agent.Any advice or links would be much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Babnik Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Leaving well alone I fear is not an option. If you're resident in France, you are liable to French Taxes and social charges. I currently work for a UK company, but am resident in France. I am a sole representitive of a foreign company. Pretty much the same as you are currently but in the UK. I suppose you could try for the independent route, but I wouldn't have any experience in that, so I can't help you there!Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will Posted November 2, 2004 Share Posted November 2, 2004 Babnik is right - if you live in France you have to pay taxes and social charges. For income tax purposes, I'm told residency is determined by one or more of the following - your main residence being in France, your family being in France, or your main economic activity being in France. What should happen is that your employer should set up a French subsidiary, even if you are the sole employee, which will pay the employer's social security contributions (you are responsible for your own tax - there's no PAYE in France). Not many employers are willing to go to this trouble, so you may end up as an independent agent - if so, be careful how you set yourself up because you may be deemed to be the subsidiary company and thus be liable for both employer and employee charges. If you have been working in UK and paying UK tax and NI (or the equivalent in another EU country), and you are doing the same sort of work in France, you may be able to get an E form like E101/E128 which will allow you to still pay UK NI but be part of the French health system for up to two years; this is advantageous if you don't know how the move will work out and don't want to go straight in to forming a subsidiary or setting up as an independent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annodomini Posted November 6, 2004 Share Posted November 6, 2004 Some changes over the summer took place in this area and can be seen on the Inland Revenue web site. http://www.inlandrevenue.gov.uk/cnr/health-care-changes.htm AnnoDomini Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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