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Sandi,

That was very informative and to the point. Thanks for sharing that with us.

Tom

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by Sandi Bowman

I dug out "Negotiation Through Training" , copyright by Sandra Bowman. These are excerpts from the article I had published on one of my sites several years ago. It is difficult, because of the necessity of understanding what goes before, to cut into the middle of it and draw things out so they make sense to folks but for you I tried.

Hi Sandi,

Thanks for sharing this! There's some great advice there...!

Best wishes,

Dien

[Ankesh]

Thanks Dien for your kind words

To everyone who has emailed me - the report will be out very very soon. I've written the report. Am in the process of setting up the sales letter and systems for it.

Hi friends, I work at a University and I have some visiting researchers coming over for weekly periods to engage in research. They get their salary by the company in France but I wanted to know whether we should tax them as according to my interpretation of Article 21 of the double taxation agreement, they should not pay tax in the UK. Is anyone else who have helpful suggestions on this as I am not sure if we are following the correct procedure?

[Dien Rice]

Originally Posted by ccsharon

Hi friends, I work at a University and I have some visiting researchers coming over for weekly periods to engage in research. They get their salary by the company in France but I wanted to know whether we should tax them as according to my interpretation of Article 21 of the double taxation agreement, they should not pay tax in the UK. Is anyone else who have helpful suggestions on this as I am not sure if we are following the correct procedure?

Hi,

I'm no expert in this - for an expert opinion, you probably need to see an accountant.

However, many countries have double-taxation agreements. That generally means that if a person is receiving a salary from one place, and paying taxes on it, they should not be taxed in the other place. (Otherwise they would be taxed twice.)

I don't know for sure, but I would be very surprised if the UK and France didn't have such an agreement. However, to be sure, you probably need to see an accountant. You probably have accounting professionals working at your university who can tell you the answer, since I'm sure this can't be the first time this has happened...

Best of luck,

Dien

CCSharon,

Thanks for asking.

You are Not their employer or payer, so why would you want to tax them?

They don't live in your country and are not employed by anyone in your country nor paid by anyone in your country. Hence, you do not tax them. Simple. Leave their employer to do what needs to be done. They are not residents for tax purposes.

Michael Ross

Not sure if any of this helps but it might contain some answers...

Although it might Not as it looks like much of it hasn't gone into force...

Maybe just old information...

Lots more of related info in Google might be worth Googling on...

UK/France Double Taxation Agreement – 2004...
UK/FRANCE DOUBLE TAXATION CONVENTION. SIGNED IN LONDON ON 28 JANUARY 2004 ... Article 20 (Government service). Article 21 (Teachers and researchers) ...
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/international/france.pdf

Double Taxation Relief Manual: Contents...
DT7321, DT: France: double taxation agreement, Article 21: Students and business apprentices. DT7322, DT: France: double taxation agreement, Article 22: ...
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/dtmanual/dt7250+.htm

UK-France Double Tax Treaty to be revised ... Please note that taxation is a complex subject and you should not take or refrain from taking any step without ...
http://www.sykesanderson.com/service...nce_latest.asp

Phil