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Topic Title: Living in Scotland but working in Norway.


Author triggerandy

Date Posted: 10/16/2010 12:05 PM

Hey,
thanks for the reply. So are you back in Scotland now or are you still in Stavanger?

When you say you might still have to pay a small amount of tax in the Uk do you mean that if the tax Im paying to Norway is less than the Tax I would have paid in the Uk I have to pay the difference to the UK Tax Office?

I know what you mean about thinking the Norwegian tax being higher than the UK. Once you take N.I into account the tax is very similar. Plus in Norway you get Holiday pay and half tax in November and a reduction in tax if you are paying a morgage etc.

How long did you stay in Norway? Ie where you here long enough to do your tax returns? The reason Im asking is I see there is a 10% reduction in tax for the first two years you are living in Norway. Have you heard about this or know anything about it?

Andy




Author Alba10

Date Posted: 10/14/2010 5:26 AM

Hi There, I see you have encountered the same problems as myself. I am a contractor, and worked on a contract basis for a large Oil & Gas Operator. I too had a large five bedroomed house in Scotland, and having worked in Norway in the past, I thought it would be easy enough to buy a suitable house, and get a mortgage, oh how wrong could I have been.

I was told that I would have to be in the Norwegian Tax System for a least a year, and the houses that are available are either way too expensive, and what can I say about the new builds, they even make Stewart Milne Houses look good.

Anyway, I am back home looking for a new job, and somewhere to live after all the problems I encountered. How naive was I!!

Even though you live in the UK, you will pay tax to the Norwegian authorities. There is a double taxation treaty between the Uk and Norway, and as such, depending on what you earn, you may still be liable to a very small contribution to the UK. Which came as a complete surprise to me, as I had always thought that Norwegian taxes where higher than the UK, but when I was out there this year, I paid tax on my earnings to Norway, and I will have to pay a small amount to the UK at the end of the year.

Remember the Norwegian tax year runs from January to December.

As I said above it all depends on what your yearly earnings are. The Company that you work for should be able to advice.



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