Norwegian citizen in the UK

Linaria

I moved from Norway to Scotland to study in 2017. I have almost finished my MSc here now, and have started working as a freelancer. I'm expecting my first salary payment next week and I want to find out what to do when it comes to taxes.
I am a Norwegian citizen, have not delivered an emigration form as they do not regard students as emigrants, even though I'm working, but I am planning on doing this soon. I have no property in Norway, and only spend about 20 days a year there. I am not planning on moving back. I've signed up for self-assessment as a self-employed in the UK.

When one is self-employed in Norway, you have to start a sole proprietorship and pay taxes in advance on expected profit, while, as I understand it, in the UK you register as self-employed and pay taxes on profits after the tax year is over. I have contacted the tax office in Norway, and they say I need to registrer a sole proprietorship in Norway if I am a tax resident there, but since I am a resident of the UK, I think UK is supposed to get their share before I pay whatever exceeds that to Norway.

The problem is that the Norwegian tax assessment happens before the UK tax assessment, but I would have to prove that I have paid taxes in the UK in order to deduct this in my Norwegian tax assessment.

Does anyone know how this works? Or where I can find an accountant that deals with this? Is it possible to pay taxes in the UK earlier as self-employed, so I can prove to Norway that I have paid my taxes here?

DCFC79

You would need to use google to find an accountant, possibly 1 who is aware of how the Norway system works.

antrobus

Living in Norway for less than 183 consecutive days? You are not considered tax resident and only pay tax on income earned in Norway.

https://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/work/taxes/income-taxes-abroad/norway/index_en.htm

Conclusion; you are not tax resident in Norway. There is no need to involve the Norwegian version of HMRC. You are tax resident in the UK, and should register as self employed with HMRC.

I have no idea about Norwegian emigration forms. But, at the moment, both the UK and Norway are in the EEA, and thus free movement applies.