We discuss below the social security contributions and benefits positions if you are sent to work in the UK by your employer in the EEA or Switzerland.
Migrants who are posted to the UK on assignment from a country with which the UK has a reciprocal social security agreement may not have to pay National Insurance contributions (also known as NIC) under the terms of the agreement.
If you are sent to work in the UK from a ‘rest of world’ country (being a country outside the EEA or Switzerland and also one that does not have a reciprocal social security agreement with the UK) by an employer in that country, you may not need to pay UK National Insurance contributions (also ...
If you go abroad and are no longer within the UK tax system, HMRC stop being involved in your student loan repayments and the Student Loans Company takes over.
This page looks at the tax consequences of volunteering abroad. For more information about the tax consequences of volunteering in the UK, see our main Volunteering page.
Most members of the armed forces will spend time working overseas during their service career. Depending on where you are posted, you may or may not be accompanied by your family. The time you spend working abroad will also vary. How you will be taxed might depend on both these facts. Here we look ...