Working in Oslo?

[Brussels Slumdog]

Depends on country, location in that country, tax regime and how long you actually work in that country.

Norway and Denmark you have to be taxed in the country from day 1. Sweden and Finland will basically ignore you for 182 days but expect you to be honest so if you are spending more than 6 months you need to pay tax from day 1 or be prepared to cough up all the tax later......

I always pay tax in the country from day 1 from a Belgian tax perspective. When I work in the UK I always use an umbrella as a UK company wouldn't work for me as Belgian tax resident.

All countries have a progressive tax rate so for me the longer the contract the higher the rate.
All I am trying to find out is what is the equivalent of earning say £500 a day in London after tax in Scandinavia. In Norway it's about 500 times 1.25 = 625.

[SueEllen]

The last time I was proposed a contract in Norway I quoted €100 per hour which is higher than my swiss rate at 850- 900 CHF.
What would be an equivalent rate for other Nordic countries?

Depends on country, location in that country, tax regime and how long you actually work in that country.

Norway and Denmark you have to be taxed in the country from day 1. Sweden and Finland will basically ignore you for 182 days but expect you to be honest so if you are spending more than 6 months you need to pay tax from day 1 or be prepared to cough up all the tax later......

[Brussels Slumdog]

If it's lower than 6/700 a day Sterling equiv. don't bother.....

The last time I was proposed a contract in Norway I quoted €100 per hour which is higher than my swiss rate at 850- 900 CHF.
What would be an equivalent rate for other Nordic countries?

[scope]

I agree with whats been said already.. Norway - Great place to live.. But to enable you to compare, the minimum hourly for anybody over 18 years is around £15, nearly 3 times that of UK.. You can easily make 40k doing a "low paid" job in Norway.. So pitch your rate accordingly.

[Eirikur]

Oslo (and Norway) is a great place
But a low rate in one of the world's most expensive countries and the fact that it is with Wipro are very good reasons to walk away

run away....run away!!!

This - don't prop up their business model.

[Sausage Surprise]

had a call from a pimp today about a contract in oslo. Just wondered if anybody in this group has worked in norway before and how it went. oh btw it's working for wipro for a not very good day rate paid in the local currency nok.

Martin

run away....run away!!!

[stek]

The last dealings that I had with Wipro was less than appealing. Waste of agents time, waste of my time and the ultimate interviewer was a w*nker of the highest order.

Me too, had a Unix man page type interview with 10 Bob's on a conf call all for a shiite rate in Stockholm.

Was all 'Sorry, can you say that again?' and 'Needful and much cheapness what..?'

That was HCL for Zeneca...

[Scruff]

The last dealings that I had with Wipro was less than appealing. Waste of agents time, waste of my time and the ultimate interviewer was a w*nker of the highest order.

[MartinBlack99]

Many thanks

Peeps, yes its well below the rates mentioned so I think I'll pass. Well when they said it was for Wipro alarm bells rang so it's the usual story, CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP

Thank you guys,
Martin.

[DaveB]

Norway is a great place but horrendously expensive. More so than almost anywhere else in Europe. Standard of living is very high but it costs a fortune to live there. If the rate is below par you will struggle to make ends meet.

[stek]

Had a call from a pimp today about a contract in Oslo. just wondered if anybody in this group has worked in Norway before and how it went. Oh BTW it's working for Wipro for a not very good day rate paid in the local currency NOK.

Martin

If it's lower than 6/700 a day Sterling equiv. don't bother.....

[MartinBlack99]

Had a call from a pimp today about a contract in Oslo. just wondered if anybody in this group has worked in Norway before and how it went. Oh BTW it's working for Wipro for a not very good day rate paid in the local currency NOK.

Martin