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prune
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 Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 10:51 am Post subject: Deductions from pay |
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What deductions (besides tax) are made in Poland, and what percentage do they amount to, does anyone know?
Cheers. |
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philyyy
Joined: 29 May 2005
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Location: Wroclaw
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| Posted: Fri Aug 18, 2006 1:00 pm Post subject: deductions |
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| In my only experience to date, with I.H. I just got given the same basic salary exach month, I never knew what was deducted and didn't really care. |
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cheeseandegg
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| Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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| Generally expect about 18% to vanish from your salary. |
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Setanta
Joined: 01 Jun 2003
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Location: Tarnow, Poland
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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| If you're just arriving, you shouldn't be paying tax as Poland has a double taxation agreement with the UK. This means that you can be regarded as a UK resident for tax purposes. Not many get over the UK tax threshold, so you should be tax-free. |
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YakTamer
Joined: 29 Mar 2004
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Location: Warszawa, Polska
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 4:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Setanta wrote: |
| If you're just arriving, you shouldn't be paying tax as Poland has a double taxation agreement with the UK. This means that you can be regarded as a UK resident for tax purposes. Not many get over the UK tax threshold, so you should be tax-free. |
I checked with the Inland Revenue and they said that's a non-starter: you cannot use your personal income allowance in the UK to offset against income in Poland. The double taxation treaty merely stops you from having to pay tax twice on the *same* source of income; it doesn't let you offset UK allowances against Polish income.
I asked various other people in the IR to be certain and they all said the same.
On a similar principle, making NI payments to the UK authorities (to retain pension entitlements) doesn't prevent you from having to pay NI in Poland and vice versa.
If you have good reason to think otherwise I'd be interested to know what your source is as I'm at a loss to to see anyone in the tax office who thinks that.
Bear in mind that if your teaching/earning abroad for > 6 months in a tax year you will be classed non-resident for tax purposes even if you remain ordinarily resident in the UK. |
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cheeseandegg
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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| YakTamer is completely right. It's not possible but I know a few teachers who don't pay tax because the company is UK-owned and somehow they manage to do it that way. Just pay the tax in Poland like every other Pole does - even if you're only earning 3000zl per month you'll still have plenty for beers, rent, fags and travel. |
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Setanta
Joined: 01 Jun 2003
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Location: Tarnow, Poland
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| Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2006 5:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Unless something has changed, you should refer to leaflet IR20 available on the Inland Revenue website. See section 7, p46 about "allowances for non-UK residents." To avoid Polish NI (which is pretty hefty and for which you can't get much), your school should employ you using "umowa o działa" which basically means "agreement about a deal" and in practice means you're employed for a set number of hours to perform a special function for your employer. |
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Setanta
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caramel
Joined: 25 Aug 2004
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Location: London
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| Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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| In IH we got away with not paying tax because we signed American contracts. But in some schools you can get deducted for rent, bills etc. |
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