united-kingdom employment european-union tax-law brexit
Hiring a UK resident and citizen to work remotely in a Finnish company (pre and post brexit)
<p>Company A: a software development startup. Incorporated in Finland. </p>

<p>Person B: An UK resident and citizen</p>

<p>A is looking to employ B to work entirely remotely. Because of reasons, it is not possible to have B be a contractor of any sorts, hire him through an UK company or to set up a new company in UK for the sole purpose of employing him.</p>

<p>Based on limited research on Finnish law this is not a problem, i.e. B just handles the taxes and employee fees himself. UK side is a complete mystery, i.e.:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Is this even possible
a) while UK is an EU member
b) after a no-deal brexit</p></li>
<li><p>Are there any tax mines/double taxation issues
a) while UK is an EU member
b) after a no-deal brexit</p></li>
<li><p>How would the logistics of this work, i.e. how exactly does B fulfill his obligations to UK tax authorities</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Got this resolved. Basically Finland has no rights to tax the income in any way and it does not matter whether the worker resides in an EU country or not. Only thing that needs to be done from the Finnish side is mark it down to income registry. From UK side you just need to jump through the hoops of PAYE scheme.</p>

<p>1) yes, no effect from brexit
2) no, no effect from brexit
3) Not quite sure of the details as person B is handling the matter himself, but basically they just jump through the needed hoops in PAYE</p>
