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Tax for a non-immigrant

Old Dec 7th 2008, 9:51 pm
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Hi

I'm moving to Indiana through my company on a L1-B visa in January. I'm not sure what happens tax-wise.

Has anyone done anything similar? How does this effect things from a tax perspective? As I will be a non-immigrant working in America will I therefore still pay British tax? Can I still save tax-free into British ISAs? Things like this I'm not sure about.

Who am I best to get in contact with about this?

Any advice would be much appreciated.

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Old Dec 7th 2008, 10:12 pm
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If you search "non resident alien" on the IRS website, you'll get info on the US side of things. Basically "resident" for tax purposes is different than for immigration purposes, so usually if you're living and working here, you get to pay the usual taxes. There are treaties with many other countries which mean you don't pay double tax (although you may have to file in both countries).

http://www.irs.gov/publications/p519/index.html
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Old Dec 7th 2008, 10:29 pm
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thanks very much, i'll have a look at that

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Also try to get you company to pay for you to get some professional tax advice as part of your relocation.
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As for the ISA's etc, have a search as it's come up, though I think you won't be able to continue to contribute to them as you won't be a UK resident.
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if you plan to return home afte 5 years then you can opt to pay english NI rather than american social security. Will keep up your uk pension entitlement better etc. You will pay US taxes regardless though.
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