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Short-term employments in the UK


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Short-term employments in the UK


Produced by Tolley in association with
Employment Tax
Guidance
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STOP PRESS: At Spring Budget 2024, the Chancellor announced that the remittance basis would be abolished from 6 April 2025, although this only applies to foreign income and gains arising on or after that date. The remittance basis rules still apply to unremitted income and gains arising before that date but remitted later. For more details, see the Abolition of the remittance basis from 2025/26 guidance note.

Strictly, the earnings for any UK workday are taxable in the UK under the arising basis, even if the employee only works for a day or two in the UK. If an individual is non-resident, only the earnings relating to UK workdays are taxable in the UK (the non-UK earnings of a non-resident are not taxable, even if remitted to the UK).

However, if an office or employment is carried on substantially outside of the UK in a year, any duties performed in the UK by a resident outside the UK, which are merely incidental to the work done abroad, are treated as duties performed

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Paul Tew
Paul Tew

Writer and advisor at Paywatch

Paul Tew is a freelance adviser, primarily in the areas of pay, personal taxation and remuneration planning. A frequent contributor to technical journals on pay and benefits issues, having written for the "In Business" section of the Times. Paul continues to supply articles for various recognised professional publications including Pay and Benefits magazine, Taxation magazine and Company's Secretary's Review. Paul also has had several loose leaf and bound books published on a variety of subject matter including PAYE, NIC, Sickness and Maternity Pay.   Paul has written and presented training courses as well as headed up payroll and employment help desks and acted as an assessor for recognised Payroll/HR qualifications. Paul previously worked in the healthcare and oil sectors managing Pay and benefit services, so has many years of experience in dealing with PAYE and employment compliance issues across a broad range of industries and organisations.

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