Can you work for a UK company and live in France?

Whether or not a UK company, partnership or sole trader has a registered office in the UK and has clients who are based in the UK (or outside of France), if you move to France and are considered a French resident, you cannot simply work for that UK company under the same conditions as you did when you were UK resident.

Do you have to pay tax in the UK if you work abroad?

If you’re not UK resident, you will not have to pay UK tax on your foreign income. If you’re UK resident, you’ll normally pay tax on your foreign income. But you may not have to if your permanent home (‘domicile’) is abroad.

Can I be employed in UK and live abroad?

You can live abroad and still be a UK resident for tax, for example if you visit the UK for more than 183 days in a tax year. Pay tax on your income and profits from selling assets (such as shares) in the normal way. You usually have to pay tax on your income from outside the UK as well.

Can I live in France but work in the UK after Brexit?

Working or studying in France as a UK national after Brexit However, they will need a temporary work permit. The length of your work visa will depend on the length of your employment contract. You will need to apply for an accompanying French residence permit if staying in France for more than 90 days.

Can a UK employee work in France?

Providing short-term services to a client in France You need a short-term work permit if your UK employer has a contract or work order with a French company. To qualify for a short-term work permit you must: have relevant professional experience. keep your UK employment contract.

Do you pay tax in the country you work or live?

If you live abroad and are employed in the UK, your tax is calculated automatically on the days you work in the UK. Income Tax is no longer automatically taken from interest on savings and investments.

Do you pay tax where you live or work?

Your income tax liability may change based on the state you’re in, but you should expect to file taxes for both states: one return as a resident for the state where you live and a separate return as a nonresident for the state where you work. Learn more about filing taxes as a remote employee.

Can a UK company employ someone abroad?

Fundamentally, UK firms can’t employ foreign workers directly, without local registration and virtual or physical presence. Nonetheless, conceptually, a UK firm could issue a UK employment contract to a worker in Bratislava and call them an employee – even though the concept would be meaningless.

Can you be resident in France but not tax resident?

People in France who are not tax residents are only taxed on income from French sources. Remuneration paid in return for work carried out on French soil is therefore taxable in France. Unless otherwise provided for by a tax treaty, salaries paid to non-residents are subject to tax deducted at source.

How can I avoid tax in France?

27 tax reductions in France that could reduce your income tax bill

1. Donations and grants to a charitable organisation.
2. The cost of employing help in the home.
3. The purchase of shares in small and medium enterprises.
4. Subscription to mutual fund units for innovation (Fonds Commun de Placement dans l’Innovation – FCPI)

Do I have to pay tax if I work in UK?

In respect to income tax, where a member of the household is working and earning in the UK then tax on those earnings will be payable in the UK. If the income earner is employed, including as a director of an owner-managed company, then UK income tax will be collected through the employer’s PAYE scheme.

Do I have to declare income from the UK in France?

Normally income earned in the UK will still need to be declared in France. It will not be taxed again but will be used to determine the tax rate applying to other household income received in France, including worldwide investment income.

Can a non-working spouse be a tax resident in France?

Under certain circumstances, it may be possible to agree with the French tax authority that the working spouse is not tax resident in France. In this case, income earned in the UK would not be declarable in France and the French resident ‘household’ for French tax purposes would consist solely of the non-working spouse and any children.

How can I work in France for a UK company?

You can work in France for a UK company using the ESEF Status ( Entreprise Sans Etablissement en France = Foreign companies with no place of business in France). The company just need to be register with the French social organism but will have no fiscal existence in France. The employee will be fiscaly resident in France.