A new chapter begins.

Your finances, in hand.

Start with why you're moving, because the answer changes quickly. Coming as a high-value resident, the work is mostly about existing structures, pensions and what you hold off-island. Coming for a job, it's your ITIS effective rate, plus registration and structure if a business is coming with you. Tell us which you are, and we'll point you the right way.

Your ITIS effective rate. Get that right before your first payslip and your tax keeps pace with your earnings all year, with no balance waiting at the end of it. Worth sorting early too: your social security registration, and your GST position if you have brought a business with you.

Revenue Jersey works out a percentage from what it knows about your circumstances, and your employer applies it to your pay each period. That is your effective rate. When you have only just arrived, the information behind it is thin, so the rate can be some way off what you should be paying. We check it reflects your real position.

More moving parts, and this is where having one firm across all of it pays off. There is GST registration once your turnover reaches the threshold, the right Jersey company structure to put in place, and payroll, ITIS, social security and the associated return submissions to set up when you take on staff. Each piece affects the others, so we handle them together and in the right order, and your obligations are met as soon as they apply, with no surprises further down the line.

Yes, and it usually works out as more efficient and cost effective. One adviser across the personal move and the business setup means nothing drops into the gap between the two.

It is Jersey's route for economically active people who want to make the island their home. Qualifying is a formal process, and the tax treatment that comes with it is what draws people at that level to the island. The criteria and the minimum contribution are set by government and reviewed periodically. The official government Locate Jersey website provides excellent and comprehensive information on relocation to the island.

Yes. We routinely take on people who are already here, review what was put in place at the time, and put right whatever was not done properly.

Jersey has GST, not VAT. It is a similar idea, a tax added to most goods and services, but it is a separate system with its own registration rules, and Jersey's rate differs from the UK's VAT rate.

Before you land, ideally. If you are already here, this week. Almost everything about a move is easier to arrange properly the first time than to unwind afterwards.

It depends whether it is your own position or a business with staff. For an individual, a wrong ITIS rate or a registration never made often stays quiet until year-end, or until Revenue Jersey next looks at your file, and by then you are paying and explaining at the same time. For an employer, it is immediate. From your first pay run you must operate ITIS, deduct social security, and file the Combined Employer Return each month, and there is no grace period on any of it. Either way, getting it right at the outset costs far less than putting it right later, which is why so much of the value is in the first conversation, before anything is set in motion.