UK/France

[Invisiblehand]

Can anyone advise on the following scenario:

UK Consultancy hires French chap on 12 month contract
French chap lives and works in London
French chap wants paying into his French Ltd Company

Is this ok for the UK consultancy?
What would the tax implications be for the French chap?
Is this legit?

[LondonManc]

Have the consultancy not got an accountant?

[Invisiblehand]

Have the consultancy not got an accountant?

Unreachable until next week.

[Lance]

Can anyone advise on the following scenario:

UK Consultancy hires French chap on 12 month contract
French chap lives and works in London
French chap wants paying into his French Ltd Company

Is this ok for the UK consultancy?
What would the tax implications be for the French chap?
Is this legit?

Yes it's OK.
Tax implications will be for the French chap to deal with so no issue for the consultancy. Although French tax for contractors is quite a lot more than UK so it seems odd (but that's not your question).
Yes it's legit (until we Brexit then who knows)

What the consultancy might want to be concerned with is paying in Euros as the rate may vary. Although with the £ being so low it's probably a good thing.

IANAL and I certainly can't comment on how this sits with French law. But for UK it's fine as you're just buying a service from another EU country.

[Lance]

Unreachable until next week.

hmmmm........

[Invisiblehand]

Yes it's OK.
Tax implications will be for the French chap to deal with so no issue for the consultancy. Although French tax for contractors is quite a lot more than UK so it seems odd (but that's not your question).
Yes it's legit (until we Brexit then who knows)

What the consultancy might want to be concerned with is paying in Euros as the rate may vary. Although with the £ being so low it's probably a good thing.

IANAL and I certainly can't comment on how this sits with French law. But for UK it's fine as you're just buying a service from another EU country.

Cheers Lance.

[VectraMan]

If he's working in London he should be paying UK tax, both personally and for his Ltd. company (I assume that's the case for a French company).

But that's his problem.

[stek]

Tax is due where the work is done. Simple as.

[Lance]

If he's working in London he should be paying UK tax, both personally and for his Ltd. company (I assume that's the case for a French company).

are you sure?
Surely it would be the opposite of this https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/overview

as for where he's domiciled that assumes he's an employee rather than a LTD company contractor. And it now starts to get murky if employment status in UK and French law becomes a factor.
But as you say, it's his problem anyway.

[VectraMan]

are you sure?
Surely it would be the opposite of this https://www.gov.uk/tax-foreign-income/overview

as for where he's domiciled that assumes he's an employee rather than a LTD company contractor. And it now starts to get murky if employment status in UK and French law becomes a factor.
But as you say, it's his problem anyway.

Makes no different to the personal situation. The company situation is where it perhaps gets a little murky; check out Apple and their ability not to be tax resident anywhere.