Best Options for a UK Working Holiday (from Australia)

[Gonzo]

I thought that the standard procedure for someone in this position was to run through a limited company, don't register for VAT but charge it anyway, then bugger off after two years without paying any tax at all?

[NotAllThere]

I'm not sure how option 3 in the first post is distinguished as a seperate option in its own right from limited coy and umbrella?

By temporary contract I mean a fixed term contract of employment with the employer. I.e. a permie contract - but it's temporary!

[Gary_Jones]

I'd add that as far as I knew the right to open a LTD company in Britain was limited to citizens who are resident. As a passport holder resident in another country, I think the best you could hope for would be "deemed resident" status after 1 full tax year.

I do quite a bit of travelling and working (Canada / America etc) and am shortly going to Oz myself, if you have a limited company in Oz we *might* be able to sort something out - e.g my company employs you, yours employs me?

Just an idea, PM me for contact details.

[damone8]

thanks for the advice everyone...that's made things alot clearer (particularly around the 5% deemed payment allowance if you use your own ltd). If i did go the Ltd Coy route for arguments sake, I imagine as a British Citizen I wouldn't be legally excluded from this arrangement (particularly as I will be 'non-Resident' for Australian tax purposes....but thats a whole other matter!)