Re: Europe wide accounts, payroll etc.


"Mike Lewis" <mike-at-home@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:DEYvf.48612$Dg6.36168@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> The problem is that each country will have its own laws relating to what
tax
> is owed on what wages payments. For example in the UK employers must
account
> for payroll taxes based on where the employee is actually working, not
based
> on where the employer is. A few years ago the Inland Revenue issued a tax
> assessment on the US Embassy for payroll taxes on its civilian workforce,
> and they won, even though most of the civilians were US citizens. See,
> civilians are deemed to be subject to payroll taxes based on where they
> actually work whereas military personnel are taxed based on citizenship.
> It's likely that most European countries will expect taxes to be paid
based
> on where the employee is resident or where they do most of the work. It's
no
> use you putting them on a UK payroll. If they aren't in the UK and don't
> work in the UK then they aren't subject to UK payroll taxes. They must be
> taxed in accordance with the laws of the country they work in. So,
> realistically you are likely to have to operate a PAYE scheme or similar
for
> each country you have workers.
>
> Please note however that most of this is guesswork. If you want a proper
> answer for your complicated question you must pay for proper advice.
>
> Mike Lewis
> Chartered Accountant
>
Thanks for this (I did post via Google 24hrs ago but it still hasn't
appeared, so sorry if this answer, posted another way and no doubt worded
very differently, appears twice).

Local payroll tax (especially employers NI) is typical of the kind of issue
that we need dealing with. Cross border VAT for expenses is another
(although not such a huge issue for now).

We're happy to pay for advice and have budgeted for this. The issue seems to
that the advice is all a bit uncertain - advisors 'might know someone' who
can do each part of what we require but I was expecting something a bit more
organised - almost like a flow-chart of what needs to be done, and who will
do it. We really want someone who can just get hold of this and do it for
us - but how do we find such a company?


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