Claiming Tax Credit in US for UK National Insurance Contributions?

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One Response to “Claiming Tax Credit in US for UK National Insurance Contributions?”

  1. v b
    February 9th, 2010 at 9:15 pm

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    Nope.

    National Insurance is the equivalent of the paying fica/mc in the US.

    Since the USA has a totalization agreement with the UK, there is no deduction. (If you get disabled or retire and are short some SSA credits to retire, the time in the UK is considered.)

    Here’s the rub. What visa were you on? I ask because a UK student doing an intership on an F-1 visa wouldn’t have had to pay fica/mc and if they did could file for a refund.

    Here’s the statement from the Inland revenue site:

    Coming to the UK from Social Security Agreement Countries
    There are special rules if you are coming to the UK from:

    Barbados, Bermuda, Canada, Israel, Jamaica, Japan, Jersey and Guernsey, Korea, Mauritius, Philippines, Turkey, United States of America, Yugoslavia (not including Slovenia).

    If you come to the UK with a certificate from one of these countries showing that you are exempt under the special rules, you will be exempt from National Insurance until the certificate expires. These certificates are normally issued where a person works in one country and then is sent by their foreign employer to work in the UK for a time.

    The country where you are normally work will advise you whether you can be issued with a certificate.

    If you do not hold a certificate from your home country, you will be required to register for a National Insurance number and pay National Insurance contributions on the same basis as a person who normally lives and works here.

    While the US would exempt a student from the UK on an F-1 visa from paying fica/mc, the UK does not.

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