Tax Bill from Norwegian Tax Authority

[TimTyler]

I am a UK resident and in 2012 i worked in Norway for approx 30 days making about 100,000NOK.

Anyway the contract was between my UK limited company and the company i was contracted to in Norway.

The tax bill they have sent is addressed to me and after speaking to them they seem to totally ignore the UK limited company.

Is this correct and is there any way of showing to them that a UK limited company does not have to pay tax to the Norway.

Thanks

[eek]

I am a UK resident and in 2012 i worked in Norway for approx 30 days making about 100,000NOK.

Anyway the contract was between my UK limited company and the company i was contracted to in Norway.

The tax bill they have sent is addressed to me and after speaking to them they seem to totally ignore the UK limited company.

Is this correct and is there any way of showing to them that a UK limited company does not have to pay tax to the Norway.

Thanks

Were you physically working in Norway. If you were you should have registered with the tax authorities there and been paying tax there

[TimTyler]

I done about 30 days work physically in Norway.

But the signed contract was between my limited company and the company i was working for.

With the interest they've added the tax bill is now almost as much as what i earned and i quite simply do not have this kind of money lying around.

[BlasterBates]

Agree with Eek.

You should always register with the tax authorities regardless of how short the contract is if you do the work in that country.

i.e. they're correct.

There is one exception and that is if you are a subcontractor to a UK company carrying out a project in Norway and you are not a resident of Norway. Agencies don't count.

[Paddy]

I am a UK resident and in 2012 i worked in Norway for approx 30 days making about 100,000NOK.

Anyway the contract was between my UK limited company and the company i was contracted to in Norway.

The tax bill they have sent is addressed to me and after speaking to them they seem to totally ignore the UK limited company.

Is this correct and is there any way of showing to them that a UK limited company does not have to pay tax to the Norway.

Thanks

I worked in Norway for a short time via my UK Ltd Co. I paid UK tax and there was no problem. As long as your client paid to your UK Ltd Co; you will be OK. It is seems like your Norwegian client co has misunderstood and passed your information on to the tax authorities.

[TimTyler]

Agree with Eek.

You should always register with the tax authorities regardless of how short the contract is if you do the work in that country.

i.e. they're correct.

There is one exception and that is if you are a subcontractor to a UK company carrying out a project in Norway and you are not a resident of Norway. Agencies don't count.

OK thanks, so it seems one man band UK limited companies are not recognised.

Anyone had any success in negotiating with interests charges with the Norwegian govt.

[TheCyclingProgrammer]

I worked in Norway for a short time via my UK Ltd Co. I paid UK tax and there was no problem. As long as your client paid to your UK Ltd Co; you will be OK. It is seems like your Norwegian client co has misunderstood and passed your information on to the tax authorities.

Nope.

Tax rules in Norway, even if using a UK Ltd are complex. A search on here or Google will reveal that. You may have got lucky, but you may want to set aside some cash for an unexpected bill.

[TimTyler]

I worked in Norway for a short time via my UK Ltd Co. I paid UK tax and there was no problem. As long as your client paid to your UK Ltd Co; you will be OK. It is seems like your Norwegian client co has misunderstood and passed your information on to the tax authorities.

So are you saying i should contact the client company i was contracting to have made the error?

Any ideas how i can sort this?

[stek]

Tax Bill from Norwegian Tax Authority

I worked in Norway for a short time via my UK Ltd Co. I paid UK tax and there was no problem. As long as your client paid to your UK Ltd Co; you will be OK. It is seems like your Norwegian client co has misunderstood and passed your information on to the tax authorities.

This is just not true I'm afraid, there is no EU/EEA tax harmonisation, would you work in say Australia or Canada and assume you pay no tax there?

People get confused about the four freedoms meaning UK Ltd means UK tax anywhere in EU. It doesn't.

[stek]

So are you saying i should contact the client company i was contracting to have made the error?

Any ideas how i can sort this?

Don't pick the answer you want to hear. There is no tax error in this situation.