Webinar: Tax consequences for international businesses with remote workers in the UK and Germany

On 14 June, our international tax and accounting specialists were pleased to collaborate with the German-British Chamber of Industry & Commerce and WirtschaftsTreuhand GmbH to give an overview of remote workers’ cross-border issues from a German-British bilateral angle.

About the webinar

Many companies are feeling the pressure of skills shortages and increasingly look for the right talent on an international basis. In addition new immigration rules have made it more difficult to second trusted local employees to develop a new market. Whether you are a German company hiring a permanent staff member in the UK or a British company hiring a new colleague in Germany there are a number of aspects to consider, such as tax, social security and the risk of creating a permanent establishment in the employee’s country of work.

The hosts were

  • David Simpson – International Tax Partner, BKL
  • Petra Deters – Head of German Inward Investment, BKL
  • Johanna Göttlich – Partner, WirtschaftsTreuhand GmbH

WirtschaftsTreuhand GmbH are based in Stuttgart, Ludwigsburg and Munich. Like BKL, they are members of AGN International: an association connecting accountants and tax advisers in over 85 countries.

Topics

David, Petra and Johanna provided an overview of these cross-border issues from a German-British bilateral angle and discuss questions such as

  • What could create a permanent establishment for corporation tax purposes in the employee’s country
  • What creates the requirement for payroll registration
  • What about social security obligations
  • Are there any other associated aspects an employer should be aware of

This webinar focussed on the tax and associated aspects not on employment or immigration law.

If you would like to see the slides from the webinar, please get in touch via your usual BKL contact or our enquiry form and we would be happy to forward them.

 

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NICOLA HALL

BILSHAN MENSAH

Sam Inkersole

In 2022, Sam won the Taxation’s Rising Star award at the Taxation Awards in and was named in the Accountancy Age 35 Under 35.

Jon Wedge

While Jon’s client work focuses on the financial services sector, he also oversees the firm’s assurance service, as well as supporting the trainees following in his footsteps.

ELANA DIMMER

Elana joined us in 2017 as an ACA trainee, after graduating from Durham University where she had studied languages. She is now a manager in our assurance team.

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