UK Citizen working for Overseas Company in UK

vickik · #1 (**permalink**) 19th June 2009, 03:35 AM

I am a UK citizen moving back to the UK but I will continue working for my company in Hong Kong remotely.
Can anyone tell me what is the best way, regarding tax etc, for my company to pay my salary? Should I just regsiter as self-employed?

Thanks

Bevdeforges · #2 (**permalink**) 19th June 2009, 05:44 AM

Depends on the company. If your employer has a UK presence of any sort, they may wind up having to pay you on the payroll of that branch/affiliate, etc. Otherwise, registering as self-employed may be the way to go.
Cheers,
Bev

jlms · #3 (**permalink**) 22nd June 2009, 08:40 AM

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Originally Posted by vickik

I am a UK citizen moving back to the UK but I will continue working for my company in Hong Kong remotely.
Can anyone tell me what is the best way, regarding tax etc, for my company to pay my salary? Should I just regsiter as self-employed?

Thanks

If your company has no presence in the UK there is no other way I can think of.

Yaz · #4 (**permalink**) 26th June 2009, 09:26 AM

assuming you'll be in the UK for over 183 days in the year you'll be a UK tax resident so you will be liable for income tax in the UK. How you structure this though it entirely up to you. They could payroll you, you could invoice them from your own Limited Company, there are heaps of structures available to you.