Buckyball

Hello,

I'm not very familar with the system in the UK. Actually we are moving back from the U.S. to Europe (EU Citizen) and my wife should be transfered to her company which is located in Reading. However, she is working remote from home all the time and we need to move to Scotland because of my job.

Are there any possible problems with her job like taxes, health insurance etc or is this easily working?

Thanks!

mikelincs

Can't see any problem at all at the moment.

Buckyball

Thanks, right now HR came up with something that the companies UK legal entity does not currently cover Scotland. Don't get that.

ldollard

Cant you just get a po box in the UK and that can be her address of record end of story.

Buckyball

If this working, no problem.

Could this result in any problem with health insurance in Scotland? I know NHS UK is different than Wales and Scotland. I have no big clue about it

ldollard

They are separate bodies, your best bet is to call NHS Scotland and pose this same question to them. Because regardless of where your address is with her company, their answer will be the same. As her company is based in England paying NHS contributions to the England NHS. Its possible there is cross over, but best to call them and find out.

dunroving

If you reside in Scotland, you will be eligible for free ("at point of service", for the pedants) NHS Scotland health care, assuming you meet other requirements for NHS care anywhere in the UK. Living in Scotland but working for a company based in England won't make a difference (until the Scots vote themselves into independence of course).

"Health insurance" has nothing to do with the NHS - the NHS is state-funded health care. You can take out additional private health insurance if you want more choice and a faster service for things like specialist care, surgeries, etc.

Buckyball

Thanks, I understand this.

But how we have to deal with taxes if the address of record is in UK and we reside in Scotland? Or is it possible to have two residences. I just wonder how this is worling out with setting up bank accounts and all other stuff up in Scotland. Maybe I missed a point with the po box.

dunroving

Scotland is in the UK ... so tax, bank accounts, etc., it's no different than if you lived in Liverpool and worked in Manchester. They aren't different countries.

Buckyball

I'm well aware of that fact. This is why we wonder whats the issue with my wifes company and that their UK legal entity does not currently cover Scotland means they cannot pay her there. That is really the most stupid stuff I've ever heard.

dunroving

OK, I give up. You asked two questions and both times I gave you an answer, you say you know/understand that. If you wonder why her employer has a problem, why don't you ask them? You could tell them you think they are stupid too, while you are at it.

dunroving

All income tax goes to Westminster and is distributed by the UK Government to the variuos entitity governments (England. Wales, etc.). I work in Scotland but my income tax does not go to the Scottish Government it goes to the UK government, who then pay out to Scotland.

The OP's England-based employer therefore isn't paying NHS contributions to NHS England.

Also, the OP is incorrect to differentiate NHS "UK" and NHS Scotland. It's NHS England, Scotland, Wales, etc.

Also, banks are not "Scottish". "English", etc. I live in Scotland and have bank accounts in Scotland and England.

Buckyball

What do you think we did before. Problem is, they run 80% of the company from the U.S. and nobody was ever aware of this problem. Up to the minute the vice president (UK native) is freaking out that his own company considers Scotland not as part of the UK

Right now they started to figure out about the costs to setup an entity for Scotland. Anyone has a clue about the costs, just curious how much it is.

dunroving

So, what do you need from this thread? Do you actually have a question that you don't already know the answer to?

mikelincs

Scottish law and English law are different in some respects, that may be what is causing the problem, and yes the Scottish NHS does have different rules to the English NHS, but they are the same thing, NHS Scotland is given a sum of money each year from the UK government, to fund it's health service, it has full discretion over how it uses that money, which is why prescriptions are free in Scotland (and Wales for the same reason). Similar differences in Education, where in Scotland, Scottish residents get free University tuition.