On Jan 8, 2009, at 12:18 PM, Drew Gibson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Alex Balashov wrote: >> So, the "open a branch in the UK" idea is sort of out unless I was >> looking at hiring an entire staff there, which I'm not. >> > > You can register a UK company for about £50 and there will be accoun > ting > costs of around £800 per annum for statutory reporting. That is not acceptable. > > >> How do people get around this bullshit? I mean, I know folks out >> there >> who are running highly professional, virtual software development >> crews >> of individuals scattered all over the world and connected by online >> collaboration tools, and seem to be able to make it work pretty >> well. I >> think we'll start seeing more of that kind of thing. I don't see >> these >> guys bogged down in massive accounting overhead, having twenty >> companies >> registered all over the globe, nor worrying much about juggling >> twenty >> tax regimes. >> >> Alex Balashov wrote: >> > > Hi Alex, > > I was working as a contractor over in UK a few years back and had to > investigate a lot of this BS, all be it from your potential employee's > perspective rather than yours. Note that my experience was around > 2005-6, laws can change quickly in this area. > > The UK have pretty strict laws around "contracting" due to misuse of > the > system by some industries. Unfortunately, the IT sector is caught up > in > that. > > My suggestion would be that you hire your guy through an "umbrella > company". He will be an employee of that company and receive his pay > and > benefits with a small commission (<2% IIRC). > I'm afraid I don't know the setup from your perspective but I > imagine it > will be relatively straight forward esp. if you have a UK company. > They > take care of all the legal aspects and have a special relationship > with > the UK taxman. > > The company I used was http://www.parasolgroup.co.uk/ whom I found > to be > cheap, reliable and responsive to any queries. There may be others who > specialise in dealing with foreign companies. Oh, hey. An explicit PAYE umbrella company rather than a staffing agency. That might not be such a bad idea. Thanks for the tip, I will check them out! > > > As for the international tax perspective, I'm in Canada and I quickly > discovered that this was not a DIY job. Sort out the above first then > talk to an accountant who has international experience. > > regards, > > Drew > > -- > Drew Gibson > > Systems Administrator > OANDA Corporation > www.oanda.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- > > asterisk-biz mailing list > To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: > http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
