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As an employer anywhere makes it real complicated. Many jurisdictions have a tax on wages earned while there, couple of big examples CA, NY and then even NYC on
by bretpiatt 6y ago
As an employer anywhere makes it real complicated. Many jurisdictions have a tax on wages earned while there, couple of big examples CA, NY and then even NYC on city income tax.
If you choose to work in NYC as an employer I'm obligated to collect and remit tax there. For individuals or on a one off basis this doesn't get tracked or audited much. If it became systematic it would.
This doesn't even contemplate the complexity if you choose to work from a different country. As an employer if I allow you to change your permanent address to France am I bound to manage your employment under French labor law? IANAL but I believe I am.
What if I knowingly allow you to work from a country where you keep your permanent address in the US and you are on a vacation visa instead of one where work is permitted. As a business am I obligated to report or am I running the risk of penalties from that country too?
Anywhere is really complicated.
- jbn 6y agow.r.t ". As an employer if I allow you to change your permanent address to France am I bound to manage your employment under French labor law?", IANAL either, but I know for a fact that this is the case. The tax man wants his cut, so the employer would have to establish a (subsidiary) company in France, and that becomes the local employer. There's absolutely no way you could be an employee (in the French labor law sense, which is very specific) of any foreign company while working in France (that would be "clandestine labor", see https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travail_dissimul%C3%A9_en_France https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travail_dissimul%C3%A9_en_Fran...). It's not specific to France, either. All countries need their tax base (well not just taxation, there's also retirement/joblessness/healthcare contributions, etc...).