Newbornbairn Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 I live in Scotland but work in Scotland and England. My employer is based in England. If an independent Scotland has different income tax rates from England, whose tax rate would I pay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 English tax rates if that's where your employer is based. I think you already knew that and are part of project fear. Unlucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 it was (and is) a serious question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 it was (and is) a serious question. So, English tax rates. Close the thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnydun Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 The lowest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 Dunno why you're so quick to want the thread closed. If what you say is true, it's reassuring for a lot of folk who work for companies with headquarters south of the border and it may sway a few undecideds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Dunno why you're so quick to want the thread closed. If what you say is true, it's reassuring for a lot of folk who work for companies with headquarters south of the border and it may sway a few undecideds. Good point but it's pretty obvious, surprised you wouldn't know tbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casual Bystander Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Dunno why you're so quick to want the thread closed. If what you say is true, it's reassuring for a lot of folk who work for companies with headquarters south of the border and it may sway a few undecideds. I have no issue with you posting the thread but I really doubt any undedicideds are likely to read a fairly obscure Scottish football forum in order to swing their opinion. And if they did, they'd see the dreadful nodrone trolls which, if anything, is likely to push them towards Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 For goodness sake, it's a simple question and I know there are some pretty avid Yes supporters here who I thought may have seen the question addressed somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 So, you've already been told...English tax rates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AES Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 You'll pay tax in the country in which you are resident for tax purposes. If your main residence is Scotland, it's highly likely that you would pay tax to a Scottish exchequer. Your main residence applies only where you have more than one property - you elect for one to be your home, which renders it exempt from any tax on gains in its value. If your employer is solely based in England and you work remotely (i.e. you are effectively a foreign worker), you'd need professional advice and any answer is likely to be dependent on any tax reciprocity agreements. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skyline Drifter Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Like all such questions it cannot currently be answered. As AES says it would depend on residency and whether or not a Double Taxation Agreement exists. Given the large number of people who will be affected by it that will likely be one of the first bridges crossed in negotiations. In all likelihood if your employer has a Scottish base of operations then you would pay tax in Scotland but if by "based in England" you mean your actual place of work is there but you go to see customers in Scotland to work on site then you would lkely pay it in England. There is no definitive answer to this question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banterous Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Like all such questions it cannot currently be answered. As AES says it would depend on residency and whether or not a Double Taxation Agreement exists. Given the large number of people who will be affected by it that will likely be one of the first bridges crossed in negotiations. In all likelihood if your employer has a Scottish base of operations then you would pay tax in Scotland but if by "based in England" you mean your actual place of work is there but you go to see customers in Scotland to work on site then you would lkely pay it in England. There is no definitive answer to this question. Exactly and this is the problem with the Yes campaign followers. They've accepted Salmond's assurances and "clarifications" without questioning them. The minute the OP asked he was instantly bitch slapped for being "obtuse" and "knowing the answer". I know the answers Salmond's given me but they're what "will probably happen". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbornbairn Posted September 17, 2014 Author Share Posted September 17, 2014 Thanks for the answers guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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