Work & Tax problem @ Basel-Mullhouse Airport

Finance, Taxes, Banking, Insurance and Retirement
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Hello all,

I have just accepted a 6mth contract to work at an office located 800mtrs from Basel Airport departures gates.

I seem to be unable find a clear answer for the following questions and hope this is the right place to find them

1. Which country do i work in? I assume it's France?

2. I am currently renting a room in a house in France.

3. My employer is registered in CH and deducts ~8% for Swiss social charges. (not tax)

4. I fly home to my family in the UK every weekend.

I expect from the above, a correct tax declaration should be wholy with the French and UK tax autorities?

Any advise would be much appreciated please

2
Anyone?

Or have you a reputable accountant in Basel you could recommend?

3
A bit confusing but I'd go for "Yes" in answer to your last question.

I'm about to move over the border to France and will be paid by a swiss company - but of course my tax obligations are with where I live, rather than where I am paid.

4
It depends.

If it's just next to the last roundabout before you get to the airport - where Jet Aviation admin buildings and the SWISS building are - then that's the Swiss sector, in Switzerland.

5
Basel Airport territory is a peculiar thing and all authorities absolutely avoid issuing any official statements about where something is and what laws should apply.

But even if you are working for a Swiss company located in the Swiss sector who deducts Swiss social charges, if you live in Saint Louis, you will submit your income declaration in France and will not be taxed in Switzerland.

(Sorry, don't know how it works in case you are considered an UK resident. )

6
The legal situation round there is a little... complicated, shall we say.

Surely the people most knowledgeable about that office's situation are in that office?

Pretty much every question you ask would apply to all the people working there, so it's likely they have all the answers already.