Hi Question for the community

Anonymous

August 30,2024 at 8:01PM UTC

I was offered a FT job with a company based in the UK but I will work remotely 8 hours a day in NYC. I would be their first employee in this situation - how do the taxes work and assume they can pay me via EFT. Thank you for your help and guidance

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Anonymous

09/03/24 at 9:08PM UTC

Pay via EFT, but you are a full time USA employee? That's fraudulent on their part. They need to have a license and pay payroll tax and income tax in the USA.

Anonymous

09/03/24 at 2:07PM UTC (Edited)

The company must take full responsibility to follow the law regardless of where that takes them so they either take care of that knowledge and responsibility in-house or they hire outside experts who will take are of that. That is what counsel is for. To make sure laws are upheld and paperwork is legally binding and explicit. If the company doesn't want the responsibility then they do not hire or conduct business outside their territory. in those territories. Saying you don't know how to address international legalities is not acceptable on any subject if that is part of your business practice.

Anonymous

09/03/24 at 3:44PM UTC

Not necessarily. They can use a 3rd party firm that is their USA business partner, who hires, employs and "owns the payroll, taxes and all statutory filings" in the USA.

Anonymous

09/03/24 at 7:24PM UTC

Then they should easily be able to take responsibility and explain the tax situation to a new hire.

Anonymous

09/03/24 at 9:06PM UTC

Easily what?

Sorry, international law?

A company in the UK would have NO idea how to open an entity / company in the USA, much less have ANY current knowlege of USA payroll tax laws. Where in the world did you come up with this idea?

I've seen you personally comment all over this thread with basically this same reply, which is frighteningly uneducated about international laws and taxes.

Anonymous

09/03/24 at 9PM UTC

Yeah, no. Easily handle opening a foreign entity, establishing tax presence for both corporate and payroll? Oh, insurance, a legal address, and is it an LLC, C Corp, S Corp? Who are the equity partners, and funding it?

USA address, bank accounts, etc.

Spitting out my coffee on this. Where is it so easy to set up a company when the parent company is in the UK?

"Easily explain "- Nope.

25 years in Corporate and International business here.

Anonymous

09/03/24 at 3:18PM UTC (Edited)

You're completely MISSING our points. Small companies CAN and DO outsource to CPA and HR firms that have expertise in these areas. In fact, the company can fully outsource to the point where international employees work for a co-employer or 3rd party, and that firm does take on all the responsibilities as the primary employer. It's not "getting off the hook", but "hire deep subject matter experts" . Stop being so ridiculous and antagonistic when a few of us here clearly are explaining the way to have both risk and responsibilities handled appropriately for international employees.

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