Norway vs UK Tax

[dtl]

Hello,

I am a UK resident who commutes to Norway to work.

I pay Norwegian tax under the UK/Norway double taxation agreement.

For the past few years I have been exempt from paying Norwegian National Insurance and have paid UK national insurance, being paid by a UK part of the norwegian company I work for

Last december I switched to a Norwegian contract under which I pay Norwegian national insurance and I am now employed directly by the norwegian company.

I am completing my tax return for 2010 -2011.
I am still paying norwegian tax under the double taxation treaty.

I have a P60 for tax year 2010 - 2011 up to december 2010, ie up to the point I switched from UK NI to Norweg NI.
I do not have a P60 for Jan - April 2011 because I am employed by a Norwegian Company.

So for this missing period I have converted my monthly gross pay from NOK to GBP.
And I converted my tax paid from NOK to GBP.

....However, Norway does not split out NI from income tax, so the amount of tax stated on my pay slips also includes NI.

Is it OK if I quote this tax figure as income tax this or am I supposed to somehow split out NI payments?

Thanks

[etf]

Hi dtl,

As a starting point the link copied below may (or may not) be helpful:

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/manuals/dtmanual/dt14502.htm

If still in doubt, I would write to HMRC and seek their formal advice before submitting a claim on your tax return (if you do this, it would be helpful if you could post the outcome as I'm sure others will encounter this issue).

Kind Regards

etf

http://theexpatriatetaxfactory.com

[taxationuk]

Hi

Alternatively you can split out the National Insurance contribution from the total. The NI is calculated as 7.8% of your personal/gross income.

Kind regards

Terry