Scottish and English income taxes start to diverge

[AtW]

English co workers but are paying more tax that's the SNP fairer society way of thinking ??

English workers will be paying hefty workpermit fees, pass Gaelic language requirements ...

[sharky]

Recently HMRC sent out bulletin regarding Scottish income tax coding - presumably it's HMRC who decides based on registered address or something...

yes it's HMRC who decides based on registered address from 6 April 2016 Scottish taxpayers code will start with an
S(S1100L) to show its at the Scottish tax rates,

so it based off where you live not where you work so Win for the English oil rigger that work in Scottish offshore lose for Scottish workers doing to same job in the same place getting paid the same as English co workers but are paying more tax that's the SNP fairer society way of thinking ??

[AtW]

Is it where you live or where you work? I don't remember a "are you in Scotland" checkbox on the PAYE software.

Recently HMRC sent out bulletin regarding Scottish income tax coding - presumably it's HMRC who decides based on registered address or something...

[d000hg]

Is it where you live or where you work?

I don't remember a "are you in Scotland" checkbox on the PAYE software.

You don't put your address?

How's it work if a Eurozone company, or a US company employs someone living in the UK or vice-versa? Presumably this will be similar and quite straightforward, whichever way round it works.

[VectraMan]

Is it where you live or where you work?

I don't remember a "are you in Scotland" checkbox on the PAYE software.

[d000hg]

They don't want to have people suddenly move to England...

Well it is harder to make radical changes when people have the option to move so easily. Of course people can emigrate the UK but that's seen as a huge decision so very few people ever go through with it; moving England <--> Scotland is so easy that maybe we would see it happen. Difficult to manage because you very much could see the highest paid just move to England.

[AtW]

Yeah that was interesting but perhaps they decided that would be a bit bold right off the bat. Give it a couple of years.

They don't want to have people suddenly move to England...

[d000hg]

Yeah that was interesting but perhaps they decided that would be a bit bold right off the bat. Give it a couple of years.

[AtW]

"In addition, the SNP is not proposing to increase the additional rate - for those earning £150,000 or more - from its current 45p level."

and

" SNP pledges backing for Labour's 50p income tax rate "

SNP pledges backing for Labour's 50p income tax rate | Politics | The Guardian

[d000hg]

Gonna get messy, how would it work for a company that does work in both countries?

Same as it does normally?

[SimonMac]

Gonna get messy, how would it work for a company that does work in both countries?

[northernladuk]

SNP will not adopt UK Chancellor's 40p tax threshold change - BBC News

It seems a pretty minor change so far but it will be interesting to have a way to actually directly compare English and Scottish systems, that's fairly unusual I think?

There is your problem right there..

HTH

[d000hg]

SNP will not adopt UK Chancellor's 40p tax threshold change - BBC News

It seems a pretty minor change so far but it will be interesting to have a way to actually directly compare English and Scottish systems, that's fairly unusual I think?