Hi everyone,

Thanks so much for all the replies. I think my propsective employer was indeed mistaken - having talking to the HR dept, you were all correct, the 'student' status is not an issue, as soon as you start working full time you are eligible for tax. Anyways, its all sorted with them now for me to start!

Thanks again!

Hi everyone,
Long-time lurker here! Had a search for this subject but couldnt find anything so here goes

I submitted my PhD couple weeks ago and will be defending at the beginning of May, and have just been offered a job starting next week, so all good things! However, as I submitted my thesis well before the deadline, I'm still registered as a student for a while and my employer thinks I need to deregister first before I can enter employment, for tax reasons? This never occured to me, and was wondering if anyone else had encountered this?

Perhaps I should contact my board of grad studies, but I didnt want to raise alarm bells with them if not needed.

Anyway thanks for any advice!