Tax when working abroad.

dave7973

All.

I'm a UK resident who works for an agency in Singapore. I currently working for a UK company who have offices all round the world but my agancy only has an office in Singaopre. I Work on ships mostly (oil and gas) and I'm currently working in Canada. The next job might be in the US and I'm just wondering about the tax situation, should I be paying Canadian tax and US tax if was to go there? This question is being asked by many people to the Singapore agency and the answers are not coming back. Also, if working in Norway on land, should I be taxed by Norway?

I would really appreciate some info.

Dave

seeya23

i would call hmrc

Cook_County

You are unlikely to have broken UK residence as you have not settled anywhere. You can still claim detached duty relief or just possibly the 100% seafarers deduction and of course credit for foreign taxes.

Doubtless you owe Canadian tax. Is it not being withheld by the payor?

TM1976

If you are a UK resident you are subject to UK tax on your worldwide income. Based on the situation here it sounds like you are out of the UK for long enough to give up your UK tax residency. You have to inform HMRC you have done this though.

The UK has a significant number of double taxation treaties and you will not be subject to tax in any of these places if you are already paying UK tax.

If you give up UK residency you may be able to avoid tax altogether due to the short periods you spend in each country, but this depends on the tax rules in each of the countries you work. This is a significantly more complex tax situation.