IR35 and a contract abroad in Europe.

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Thanks a bunch for the advice, I will surely be seeking a Swedish accountant if it they grant me the contract !

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The Swedish house mafia

Stek - I wonder what that link is. I cant see how they could have taken his flat, but it does make for fearful reading, reminder to self to start dating barristers and lawyers and hopefully getting one up the duff and into marriage.

Contractor - c
Agency Hiring Contractor - ahc
End Swedish Client -esc

esc pays ahc for the hiring of c (would ahc charge esc vat ? as its not in sweden)

c charges vat and rate to ahc (as normal) the question of c's taxes to sweden is I am told that they are able to claim the ltd's corporation and income tax as the HMRC would do here.

If the above is wrong please correct me.



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AIUI as you will be physically in Sverige for over 183 days a year you will be liable for Swedish Tax. I was reading a horror story on a Swedish forum regarding a UK contractor who got stiffed by the Swedish Tax people for £90k, they took his flat!

Sweden's a great place tho, I'd love to contract there, despite the low salaries (dunno what rates are tho) and high tax...

I'll try and find the link to the Swedish Forum I mentioned....

In Scandi a good rule of thumb is, if you're going to play silly beggars with the tax authorities, not to own anything. There are retrospective treaties so they can chase you back to the UK too.

Salaries are generally higher than the UK (except the City of course)

Contractor rates though are generally lower, as most temporary BOS are University Students and people with medical problems (who have a significant amount of their salary paid by the state so they can stay in employment or get back into employment).

Really quite common. Some go to extremes: one place I worked I was the only person who wasn't being partly paid for by the state, that included the MD .