Unfortunately, the employer doesn't want me here; they merely gave me a telework agreement to keep my services for a year or so. Any tax repercussions or hassles are solely my problem. I haven't yet begun paying National Insurance; I have an appointment to get my NIN this month, and then I must make sure I have enough to pay the UK taxes at the end of the year. I know I will need to save 35% to cover national insurance and national health, but my confusion is 35% of what amount? I'm no professional or executive; the main benefit to my job are the benefits, i.e., medical, dental, vision insurance, fixed retirement plan. In the US, I pay tax only on the taxable amount, not the gross. If I have to pay UK tax on the gross or medicare wages, while I'm still having to pay US taxes out of my paycheck and then file for reimbursement, I don't think I'll have much of a paycheck left to exist on over here. While the US taxes were complicated enough to figure out, the self assessment form is like a foreign language. Any ideas?