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    Work from home gigs - Ltd Co UK work from Spain

    Do we have anyone knowledgeable on - Work from home gigs - where the work from home is from
    your Expat home in Spain ?

    For I wonder if it's possible for contractors who have become British Expats in Spain to do British - work from home contracts ?
    With the added caveat since Brexit of maintaining their Spanish residency with a view to getting the 5 year permanent Spanish residency card.
    Some British Expats who would like to do the 'work from home contracts' but not fall foul of loosing Spanish residency come full Brexit after Article 50 would like to know.
    So I wonder ( so long as the British client & Agency accept it - maybe written in the contract ) whether it's possible to do these Work from home gigs using your UK Ltd company status. With money being paid into the Expats British bank account.
    No doubt with tax being deducted in the UK less tax deductible expenses being a Ltd Company. Although of course - one would also have to declare UK earnings in Spain in the annual Renta being Non Resident UK but Resident in Spain.
    Now here's the questions.
    1. Is it legal ?
    2. Can one do the gig using UK Ltd company status when Non resident UK but resident Spain ?
    3. Can one claim protection from being taxed twice on UK earnings. Under the UK - Spain double taxation treaty ?
    4. Maybe contractors who have done the British - work from home gigs from another EU country like Spain, have found it best to go for Autonomo status in Spain and get one's earnings paid directly into their Spanish bank account ? With no fuss taxation in Spain but no doubt HMRC might not accept such arrangements ?

    #2
    Isn't worth a reality check though. How many gigs are there that are 100% work from home, let alone another country.
    'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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      #3
      My current contract is 95% work from home, with occasional trips to London (and bangalore!), We have a contract PM who lives in USA and is in london 1 week in 4 and works through UK Ltd still. we also have a client side technical contractor who moved to Aus mid contract, not sure how he bills though.

      It's not unheard of, but I certainly wouldn't expect it all the time.

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        #4
        Loads of work from home Contracts

        Originally posted by northernladuk View Post
        Isn't worth a reality check though. How many gigs are there that are 100% work from home, let alone another country.
        Yes - I was quite amazed myself - with a staggering 2,230 jobs - that are Work from home Contracts advertised on Jobserve in the last 7 days alone.
        Although if you were to include Permanent as well as Contract - that brings the total upto 6,717 jobs that are - Work from home, posted on Jobserve, so
        far this week.

        No doubt there's savings on providing office accommodation, equipment, etc.
        Last edited by Tightfit; 28 July 2016, 10:28.

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          #5
          Got emailed a gig the other day. Spot on skillset 100% WFH. Got a bit excited....

          £15 an hour. Really.

          Not sure what these people expect for that?
          Rhyddid i lofnod psychocandy!!!!

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            #6
            Originally posted by Tightfit View Post
            Yes - I was quite amazed myself - with a staggering 2,230 jobs - that are Work from home Contracts advertised on Jobserve in the last 7 days alone.
            Although if you were to include Permanent as well as Contract - that brings the total upto 6,717 jobs that are - Work from home, posted on Jobserve, so
            far this week.

            No doubt there's savings on providing office accommodation, equipment, etc.
            Linky?
            'CUK forum personality of 2011 - Winner - Yes really!!!!

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              #7
              Originally posted by Tightfit View Post
              Do we have anyone knowledgeable on - Work from home gigs - where the work from home is from
              your Expat home in Spain ?

              For I wonder if it's possible for contractors who have become British Expats in Spain to do British - work from home contracts ?
              With the added caveat since Brexit of maintaining their Spanish residency with a view to getting the 5 year permanent Spanish residency card......
              they're called immigrants, just like everyone else.

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                #8
                If you work in Spain, you can use your Ltd, but you need to register with the local Spanish tax authority and tax yourself in Spain.

                You wouldn't be paying tax in the UK as you are working in Spain and your business is there. This is surprisingly common as small European companies do like to use the UK Ltd to run their business.

                I would visit a Spanish accountant.

                If you tax yourself as a UK business whilst working in Spain, it is almost certainly not legal.

                EU rules allow companies based in other countries to do business where ever they want but you pay tax in the country in which your business is run, in this case Spain. The business is where the work is done, not where the client is.
                I'm alright Jack

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by MattZani View Post
                  they're called immigrants, just like everyone else.
                  emigrants.
                  "I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
                  - Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...

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                    #10
                    Originally posted by cojak View Post
                    emigrants.
                    Depends which way you're looking at them from.
                    …Maybe we ain’t that young anymore

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