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Permanent employee and ltd director
Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:58 am
by blastoff
Hi there,
I've been a permanent employee for most of my life in the UK (from 2012), with a small parenthesis as director of my ltd, which I then striked off since I've been offered a permanent position again. The company life in total was around a year, until August 2019, but officially trading (invoicing) for only 3 months (May/Aug 2018), the rest of the time I just kept it open just in case, and then striked off.
I am now applying for naturalisation, do I need to list my self as director for the above-mentioned period (3 months or year)? Do I need to provide my tax return as well?
Thank you for your help.
Re: Permanent employee and ltd director
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:01 pm
by blastoff
No one had a similar issue?
Re: Permanent employee and ltd director
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:22 pm
by Djsuccess
blastoff wrote: ↑Wed Feb 19, 2020 7:58 am
Hi there,
I've been a permanent employee for most of my life in the UK (from 2012), with a small parenthesis as director of my ltd, which I then striked off since I've been offered a permanent position again. The company life in total was around a year, until August 2019, but officially trading (invoicing) for only 3 months (May/Aug 2018), the rest of the time I just kept it open just in case, and then striked off.
I am now applying for naturalisation, do I need to list my self as director for the above-mentioned period (3 months or year)? Do I need to provide my tax return as well?
Thank you for your help.
Did you pay your taxes during the time you were a director (self assessment or any other form)? ideally, your employement history should match your HMRC record
Re: Permanent employee and ltd director
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:33 pm
by blastoff
Yes, I have my self assessment tax return documents which I could provide as part my application. But I don't understand if I should list being a director of my ltd company in my employment history (which contains all my other permanent roles, some of which overlaps with the company director role), and if I should also attach my self assessment tax return documents in the application.
Re: Permanent employee and ltd director
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:49 pm
by Djsuccess
blastoff wrote: ↑Thu Feb 20, 2020 9:33 pm
Yes, I have my self assessment tax return documents which I could provide as part my application. But I don't understand if I should list being a director of my ltd company in my employment history (which contains all my other permanent roles, some of which overlaps with the company director role), and if I should also attach my self assessment tax return documents in the application.
The overlap shouldn't be a problem as long as your self assessment matches the dates . Again remember that having a job is not a requirement for naturalisation. However, failure to pay taxes could make one fail the Good Character. So, the overlap shouldn't be an issue as long as your tax records are documented correctly during the time when you were a director.
Re: Permanent employee and ltd director
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 10:38 pm
by blastoff
Thanks for your answers. I paid all the taxes listed in my self assessment, but I have delegated the compilation of this to my accountant. Now, I would like to avoid the case where he did a mistake on compiling it, and fail my naturalisation process because of this.
As having a job is not a requirement for naturalisation, would it be ok to not list my ltd director period in my application, or I would be lying?
Thanks again for your help.
Re: Permanent employee and ltd director
Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2020 11:47 pm
by alterhase58
As having a job is not a requirement for naturalisation, would it be ok to not list my ltd director period in my application, or I would be lying?
The requirement is to list all your employment(s) for the period covered - UKVI are unlikely to re-calculate your tax workings - stating you were a director would not count against you.
Re: Permanent employee and ltd director
Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:01 am
by blastoff
Thanks. I'll state I have been a director and attach my self assessment documents too then.