Overseas contractors working in the UK

[bacz]

Hi,
I am a NZ resident, and I have recently been offered a role working in the Uk for 4 months.

I was wondering if it is at all possible to engage an agent to contract with my NZ based company, rather than going through all the red tape of creating a UK one for a few months, especially since my wife and kids and expenses are all back in NZ, and I am guessing I would not be given a tax allowance for them not being in the UK and all.

Does anyone know if that is compliant with regulation and possible please?
Thanks,
Dave

[TheFaQQer]

I don't think you'll find an agency that will do it - there's lots of off-shore regulations that they would need to check up on, which is probably more than their brains can handle.

[sal]

WTFS

If it's only for 4 months you shouldn't go down the ltd route anyway and use Umbrella instead. I suppose you have the right to work in UK.

[stek]

Overseas contractors working in the UK

Do you have the right to work?

[Ramrod]

Kia Ora,

I am in a similar position to yourself, being in the UK for about 6 months before returning to NZ. I chose to work through an umbrella rather than forming a new ltd company for a limited time (see what I did there?), and trying to get clients/agents to work through my kiwi based company is far mar trouble than it's worth.

OK so I take a bit of a hit in my take home pay (potentially) but I believe it's worth it.

[stevejames]

ramrod / bacz, msg me directly I can tell you exactly what you need to do here...

speak soon
SJ

[cojak]

None of you will be able to until you make 6 posts. And I'm distinctly suspious of you 'SJ'.

[Ramrod]

One thing that came as a happy little bonus to me was the fact that as this is my first appointment in the UK during this tax year I get to take advantage of my tax free allowance. So working for an umbrella company means I only had two weeks to wait for my first pay, then no tax!

Nice little xmas bonus.....

[Brussels Slumdog]

One thing that came as a happy little bonus to me was the fact that as this is my first appointment in the UK during this tax year I get to take advantage of my tax free allowance. So working for an umbrella company means I only had two weeks to wait for my first pay, then no tax!

Nice little xmas bonus.....

The best option is a 6 months contract Jan to June then you get two tax free allowances,however if you are a foreign tax resident you may end up paying extra tax in your home country.

[TykeMerc]

The best option is a 6 months contract Jan to June then you get two tax free allowances,however if you are a foreign tax resident you may end up paying extra tax in your home country.

Interesting point, assuming that many countries have tax free allowances similar to the UK, how on earth do you align them?
I'd guess you get slapped by the negative end of the worst alignment, but that's speculation on my part.