British Expats - UK boss (IT) whilst in Oz

Thanks to all.

Quote:

Originally posted by Jaj:
    >On Fri, 13 Sep 2002 07:46:38 +0000, ian <[email protected]> wrote: So...final
    >question... Will the UK company paying me have to deduct UK tax (and NI) before I
    >get it, or can they write the tax off as I'm no longer a resident? Don't fancy
    >double tax :(

If you can convince the Inland Revenue you're not UK resident then your employer may
be able to pay you without deducting tax. Depends on whether you're an employee or
contractor etc.

If they do deduct UK tax you should be able to offset this against Australian tax so
double taxation is avoided.

I suggest getting some professional advice on this.

    >Incidently...anyone got any idea of the costs involved to set up/run a company in
    >Aus (probably a sole trader)..then I can invoice them?

I would get professional advice here too, so that you don't fall foul of Australia's
tax rules (similar to IR35 in the UK) which can affect people working through limited
companies.

Jeremy