ppywriw
24 Oct 2010
Work / Moving to Warsaw from UK to do a contract work for a company [12]
Hi All,
I'm in the final stages of negotiating a contract to work for a company who want to open an office in Warsaw (they currently have offices in US and UK).
I'm not concerned about money as I currently live and work in London comfortably and will be looking for a similar or increase on my current salary.
The company is setting up a new entity as part of this venture and as such have offered me the choice to be paid by their London office as a worker aborad or by their Polish office.
My initial thoughts were to go with the Polish office as to ensure being paid in the currency which will form the bulk of my expenditure as to not get caught out by currency movements.
I'll be seeking a financial advisor at some point but was wondering if anyone on here had any experiences with a simialar choice?
My wife (Polish) and I are looking forward to the potential move but there is a strong possibility we will return to the UK in 5 or so years when the children start school. On that basis is it better staying under UK tax law etc? Does anyone know the pros/cons?
There are several other concerns which I'm hoping some people have opinions or experiences of:
- PropertyWe have a property in the UK we will probably choose to rent out for the first year, at least until we know the job works out and we are settled. Has anyone done this before and are the tax implications complicated? I've looked on the gov websites but am getting properly confused between residential and overseas lettings.
- Health system Stay on an E111 card for the years or swap to the Polish system?
- Child Benefits Child Trust Fund and Child Benefit etc? Will we lose that and is there a Polish equivalent?
- Removals Company Any good/bad experiences on this front or recommendations?
- Warsaw itself The office will be right in the centre (pałac kultury) and for the first few months at least we would like to live closeby. Anyone recommend any good areas? Have heard Praga disctrict is a no-no? Also for further down the line can anyone recommend any nice suburbs with strong commuter links?
I know it's more of an essay than a forum question but me and the wife are currently equally excited/nervous. Would be good to hear from some people who have already been through it.
Thanks.
Hi All,
I'm in the final stages of negotiating a contract to work for a company who want to open an office in Warsaw (they currently have offices in US and UK).
I'm not concerned about money as I currently live and work in London comfortably and will be looking for a similar or increase on my current salary.
The company is setting up a new entity as part of this venture and as such have offered me the choice to be paid by their London office as a worker aborad or by their Polish office.
My initial thoughts were to go with the Polish office as to ensure being paid in the currency which will form the bulk of my expenditure as to not get caught out by currency movements.
I'll be seeking a financial advisor at some point but was wondering if anyone on here had any experiences with a simialar choice?
My wife (Polish) and I are looking forward to the potential move but there is a strong possibility we will return to the UK in 5 or so years when the children start school. On that basis is it better staying under UK tax law etc? Does anyone know the pros/cons?
There are several other concerns which I'm hoping some people have opinions or experiences of:
- PropertyWe have a property in the UK we will probably choose to rent out for the first year, at least until we know the job works out and we are settled. Has anyone done this before and are the tax implications complicated? I've looked on the gov websites but am getting properly confused between residential and overseas lettings.
- Health system Stay on an E111 card for the years or swap to the Polish system?
- Child Benefits Child Trust Fund and Child Benefit etc? Will we lose that and is there a Polish equivalent?
- Removals Company Any good/bad experiences on this front or recommendations?
- Warsaw itself The office will be right in the centre (pałac kultury) and for the first few months at least we would like to live closeby. Anyone recommend any good areas? Have heard Praga disctrict is a no-no? Also for further down the line can anyone recommend any nice suburbs with strong commuter links?
I know it's more of an essay than a forum question but me and the wife are currently equally excited/nervous. Would be good to hear from some people who have already been through it.
Thanks.