Every month ZUS takes money from my UK pension which is paid into my Polish bank account, they take tax and insurance which is about 800zl each month, the bank takes it directly and passes it on to ZUS.
I can't open an English bank account as I don't have a UK address as I've lived in Poland for 26 years, I also get a Polish pension which is not taxed, has anyone had the same problem and if so how to get round this problem? The bank said, even if I opened a new account in another bank, they would still take money
Sensible answers would be great fully received
You might be able to open a bank account in Channel Islands or Isle of Man with HSBC or Lloyds etc
You will still be liable for the Polish tax - it is just that it win't be deducted automatically, so you could either
' forget" to declare it, or more moral, tell them about it in April every year, when you will at least benefit from the inflation
I checked it out for you under the terms of the double taxation treaty between Poland and other parties to the treaty, of which the UK is one. Unfortunately your pension is taxable in Poland, so as the previous poster says, it's really only a question of when, rather than if, you pay the tax.
ARTICLE 17
Pensions
(1) Subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of Article 18 of this Convention,
pensions and other similar remuneration paid to an individual who is a resident of a
Contracting State, shall be taxable only in that State.
So basically your pension can only be taxed once in the state in which you live, and as you live in Poland ............
