how easy is it to work throughout europe

[munkymadman]

i'm self employed but believe theres not enough work(at the moment) throughout the year to keep me going. i'm from the south of ireland, but would like to sub contract, across the border like to england, maybe countries like austria or norway aswell. but would there be insurance issues tax issues due to changing countries to not make it not viable. i reckon it would be an awesome lifestyle country hopping throughout the year.

[Mr Ed]

I've worked Ireland, Sweden, Germany, France and Holland. My own Personal accident cover was fine, and outside of the UK I've never been asked for any tickets.

[Dagmar]

I often go over to France to work on short term contract - just for the pruning season. This was one of the reasons that I moved to Kent what with the boats and eurotunnel and all. Most of the work for me is in Normandy and Brittany, although some work available in the south in the spring. If you get yourself known to the agencies they can offer you a lot of work, in my experience it is usually well paid because of the time periods that the pruning of particular trees is is effective is limited.

[Lee Winger]

i'm self employed but believe theres not enough work(at the moment) throughout the year to keep me going. i'm from the south of ireland, but would like to sub contract, across the border like to england, maybe countries like austria or norway aswell. but would there be insurance issues tax issues due to changing countries to not make it not viable. i reckon it would be an awesome lifestyle country hopping throughout the year.

 

If yourself employed tax shouldn't be a problem, speak up if i'm wrong guys..

[munkymadman]

good response to that one, i'll get more specific.

*do you pay tax to each seperate country, or do you add up all your seperate earnings from each country and pay one gross bill, as if you were only earning in one country?

*will your public liability cover you in other countries or do you even need it?

*is it true your work vehicle is only allowed out of the country its registered to for a certain period of time before you have to reregister it and reinsure, how long is that period?

*is there agencies to help find these contracts?

*which countries would be advised to take interest in?

 

thanks guys, any feed back would be much appreciated, this has been a point of interest to me since i first started in arboriculture

[munkymadman]

mr ed which country that you worked in paid the best, which one was easiest to find work in, and which had the best work?

dagmar, how long were the contracts you did in france for. what type of pruning were you doing in france? and are these agencies contactable via the internet

[jpbeaver]

ive only ever worked away in germany for 2 weeks. paid tax when back here. i think if your in 1 place for more than 6 months you start paying tax there. i would go back in a heart beat. if you want the contact details for a company in munich let me know.