Policy News Journal - 2015-16

Expat News

UK and Monaco Tax Information Exchange Agreement 15 May 2015

An agreement between the UK and Monaco has come into force for co-operation in tax matters through exchange of information.

Tax Information Exchange Agreement: Monaco - exchange of information

Use this guide to keep up to date with changes to HMRC treaty negotiating priorities and changes to UK Taxation Treaties with other countries that were announced in 2015.

You can also read the changes announced in 2014 to UK Double Taxation Treaties .

Joint Forum on Expatriate Tax and National Insurance Contributions 22 May 2015

The minutes of the Expats Forum held on 4 February have now been published. We also bring you an update on the annual NHS surcharge that some immigrants pay and where the employer pays this fee it is treated as taxable income.

The CIPP are represented at the Joint Forum on Expatriate Tax and National Insurance Contributions by member Valerie Woodland. You can view the minutes of the meeting held on 4 February 2015 on GOV.UK .

Annual NHS surcharge

You may be aware from 6 April some immigrants to the UK for more than six months who are not EU citizens will be liable to pay an annual NHS surcharge of £200 for themselves and for each family member while they are in the UK, so long as they remain subject to immigration control. This affects Tiers 1, 2 (other than inter-company transfers), 4 & 5. An affected immigrant from outside the EU who applies for a visa for four years must pay £800 for himself and must pay it up-front with his visa fee when he applies to come to the UK.

Further information is available at Pay for UK healthcare as part of your immigration application .

If the employer pays the fee for the inbound foreign employee and his family this will be treated as a taxable employment income and earnings subject to Class 1 NICs where applicable. You will note that the information specifically states that the surcharge is not a VISA. It is a charge related to the individuals presence in the UK rather than their travel to get here. The charge is not a travel facility for the purposes of Section S281, S370, S371, s373 or S374 ITEPA.

BDO Expatriate Tax Newsletter 3 August 2015

BDO has kindly shared their latest Expat Tax Newsletter with the CIPP.

For members who deal with international payroll, the BDO Expat Tax Newsletter provides a brief overview of issues affecting international assignees, predominantly, but not exclusively, from a tax and social security perspective.

With thanks to BDO for sharing their newsletter. You can view the newsletter through the link below.

BDO Expatriate Tax Newsletter - July 2015

Joint Forum on Expatriate Tax and National Insurance Contributions 24 August 2015

CIPP Policy News Journal

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