On Wed, 2009-01-07 at 16:19 -0800, Nitzan Kon wrote: > I'm pretty sure you cannot directly employ someone who lives in > Britain in an American company. For starters it's illegal for > you to employ anyone without a valid working license in the US, > not to mention you can't withhold taxes for Britain. >
That would depend on the I9 requirements. Working in an overseas office is legal, however it may be questionable if there is no corporation for them to work it - meaning that the UK govt may have issues, but I do not believe that I9 requirements apply to workers who are physically outside of the US. Oil rig workers in international waters come under special rules as a result of this, and because they are paid creatively they get around that $80k/year (or so) US citizen not living or working in the US tax floor, if you are a US citizen who has lived and worked abroad for decades, you still have to pay taxes to the US govt if you earn more than whatever that floor is. Yeah talk about silly, taxing people because they are citizens not because of where they work ... The economy is down, governments are lowering taxes, they are not able to tax as much because there is less money moving, as a result they appear to be getting ready to be more aggressive with people who they can squeeze. Be warned, I expect several assaults on people and all that the govt feels its entitled to the majority of their income as a mafia style "protection fee" (pay or bad things will happen to you). > As far as actually sending the money... depending on amount > the cheapest will probably be international wire transfers. > xoom.com $5 wire transfers, there are limits and issues though. But they do an ACH from your US account and send it to their bank account (or western union type points in some countries). I have used them, they can be silly about their identity requirements, but its cheaper than direct from my bank. Now for the US want to really bake your noodle? How can you fill out the IRS 1040 personal income tax form without waiving your 5th amendment right to not incriminate yourself (whether or not you have anything to hide)? The answer per a judge is you cant, but you cant cite his ruling either because it would devestate the ability for the IRS to function. You cannot be compelled to waive your rights, and the 1040 more or less demands that you do just that. If you dont file you cant get any money that you overpaid, and the law states that generally you will have to overpay through withholdings. But no one cares about this, so they never write their lawmakers and no one ever deals with this issue. -- Trixter http://www.0xdecafbad.com Bret McDanel pgp key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x8AE5C721
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