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New queries, issue 4372

25 September 2012
Issue: 4372 / Categories: Forum & Feedback
American songbook; Roll over, Beethoven; Trade and trust; The basic plot

American songbook

Our client is a musician. He gets lots of work in this country and is VAT registered. We are on top of the UK side of things: we do all his accountants and complete the VAT returns.

He has now gone to live in America for a year. While there he is earning from engagements in America and of course his royalties continue here plus he comes back to the UK to make individual appearances and do other paid work.

Oddly enough he doesn’t have a residence in the bricks and mortar sense in this country. He is renting a property in America.

Readers’ suggestions would be very welcome as to how we should tackle this American aspect. We have a feeling that we need an American accountant to deal with things over there as far as the incidence of tax on income...

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