Working Abroad: The Complete Guide to Overseas Employment [With CD-ROM]

272 Pages·2007·0.71 MB·English

by  Jonathan Reuvid

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WORKING
ABROAD
THE COMPLETE GUIDE TO OVERSEAS EMPLOYMENT
28TH EDITION
JONATHAN REUVID
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First published in 1977
Twenty-eighth edition 2007
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ISBN-10: 0 7494 4951 9
ISBN-13: 978 0 7494 4951 3
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Reuvid, Jonathan.
Working abroad : the complete guide to overseas employment / Jonathan Reuvid. –
28th ed.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7494-4951-3
ISBN-10: 0 7494 4951 9
1. British–Employment–Foreign countries–Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Employment in
foreign countries–Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.
HF5549.5.E45G64 2007
331.702--dc22
2007016391
Typeset by Saxon Graphics Ltd, Derby
Printed and bound by Thanet Press Ltd, Margate
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Contents
Acknowledgements xviii
Introduction 1
Part One: Job Opportunities and Employee Expectations 9
1. Independent Job Opportunities 11
Finding a job abroad 12
Finding a job on spec 16
Specialist areas 18
Checklist: Independent job opportunities 26
2. Internationally Mobile Employees’ Expectations 27
Categories of overseas employment 27
When an overseas appointment is required 28
The employer’s perspective 29
Terms of employment and remuneration 32
Conclusion 34
Checklist: Employment conditions 34
Part Two: Managing Personal Finance 39
3. Domicile and Residence 41
The concepts 41
The impact on UK taxation 42
Your employment package 49
Planning points 51
Conclusion 54
Checklist: Tax aspects of leaving the UK 54
Checklist: Tax aspects of returning to the UK 55
4. Banking, Financial Planning and Asset Management 56
Offshore banking services 57
Foreign currency 63
Alternatives for investing surplus income 64
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