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Help needed with non resident / resident status

  • 28-10-2009 11:25PM
    #1
    bomber72
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5 ✭


    Hi

    I have been offered a 2 year position working in China , I will still be getting Paid from my Irish office.
    Plan on only being back in Ireland for 30 days each of the years for holidays.
    Can anyone help me understand if I would be then classed as non resident , and if so then what tax will I pay . Also seen on the revenue site that it may be possible to claim foreign earnings deduction . Need some help clearing this up please


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  • #2
    BarryM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 837 ✭✭✭BarryM


    bomber72 wrote: »
    Hi

    I have been offered a 2 year position working in China , I will still be getting Paid from my Irish office.
    Plan on only being back in Ireland for 30 days each of the years for holidays.
    Can anyone help me understand if I would be then classed as non resident , and if so then what tax will I pay . Also seen on the revenue site that it may be possible to claim foreign earnings deduction . Need some help clearing this up please

    Here - http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/it/foreign-income-assets.pdf

    is a Revenue 'explanation' on page 15, of how they deal with Foreign Income. I'd say, without being an expert, nobody is...., that as long as your Irish office continues to pay you you're not non-resident, but may get allowances for being posted abroad, such as your living allownce, if you get one, not being taxable. The official position is VERY complex, there are two statuses, non-resident and non-domiciled, the latter being a legal concept.

    The doc deals with self-assessment people, are you PAYE??


  • #3
    TaxingTimes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 145 ✭✭TaxingTimes


    If you are being seconded to China by your Irish employer, it is likely that your Irish employer will have in place a tax equalisation or tax protection plan for you.

    You need to speak to your HR department to see if that is the case and ask them to explain it to you.

    If you are tax equalised, you will continue to pay the equivalent of Irish tax and PRSI and get your normal Irish net pay, and the company will settle all your Chinese liabilities.

    In addition, your employer may also give you some extra payments for working overseas.

    Without knowing the company policy on secondments can't give any more details.

    It is likely that you will become Irish non-resident, but resident in China, but if you are tax equalised it won't really matter to you.

    Check with your HR department.


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