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Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by mattnewport »

necovek wrote: post #54
mattnewport wrote: post #50

We have a few people working as contractors internationally but it's a bit painful for both the US company and the international contractors. We're just starting to try a new approach using Deel https://www.letsdeel.com/ It's too early to give a full endorsement of them as we're just going through the process for the first couple of employees but it seems promising so far and simplifies things for both the US company…

From what I can see, their guide for contractors to set up in Serbia ( https://www.letsdeel.com/blog/how-to-set-up-as-an-entreprene... ) is outdated (2019 law changes are not taken into account) and even incorrect (VAT taxation limit of 8M RSD is not the same as fixed-taxation-if-total-revenue-of-less-than-6M-RSD), even though it says it was written on Oct 18th 2021. It also does not seem to help anyone in Serbia at…

I don't know about Serbia but in the countries we're dealing with so far (Canada and the UK) they have local companies in those countries that act as the employer of record and handle compliance with all the local employment, tax and payroll requirements.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by EdwardDiego »

Kiwi here, I work for a large US company, full time remote, nearly all of my team is in Europe - UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Czechia, but I often collaborate with staff in Australia and their NZ sales teams also.

I'm employed by their NZ subsidiary so tax and employment law is all straightforward.

My initial salary offering was above local market, but definitely not SV levels.

In terms of timezone alignment, most communication is async, but there are some evening video calls, but 1 - 2 a week at most.

If you've got a way I can contact you - a reddit account would be fine, can see if my company might be up your alley.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by xtracto »

mattnewport wrote: post #61
necovek wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

From what I can see, their guide for contractors to set up in Serbia ( https://www.letsdeel.com/blog/how-to-set-up-as-an-entreprene... ) is outdated (2019 law changes are not taken into account) and even incorrect (VAT taxation limit of 8M RSD is not the same as fixed-taxation-if-total-revenue-of-less-than-6M-RSD), even though it says it was written on Oct 18th 2021. It also does not seem to help anyone in Serbia at…

I don't know about Serbia but in the countries we're dealing with so far (Canada and the UK) they have local companies in those countries that act as the employer of record and handle compliance with all the local employment, tax and payroll requirements.

Thats how it works for me working in Mexico in a US company. There are several PEOs like Globalization Partners or via.work (these last are Ycombinator alumni I think).

I get all the legal benefits from being employed in my country and the advantages of working for a US company.

Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by mahalol »

EdwardDiego wrote: post #62

Kiwi here, I work for a large US company, full time remote, nearly all of my team is in Europe - UK, Germany, Italy, Spain, Slovenia, Czechia, but I often collaborate with staff in Australia and their NZ sales teams also. I'm employed by their NZ subsidiary so tax and employment law is all straightforward. My initial salary offering was above local market, but definitely not SV levels. In terms of timezone alignment,…

Hey man, I'm a Kiwi as well and have been considering an arrangement like this as I'd like my next job to be full remote and unfortunately this hasn't yet been a thing in NZ (Don't see many full remote jobs on Seek)

Any chance you'd be keen to share some details?

hn at maha dot nz

Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by crossroadsguy »

Gengar wrote: post #51
CubityFirst wrote: post #33

Doing stuff @ Reddit via this sort of thing.

I might have been an international Reddit employee also had the recruiter not ghosted me when I gave times available for interview!

I was ghosted by a US based famous alt-search recruiter after I asked question about work-life balance and timezone issues. Evidently they were looking for willing-to-be-always-available resources in countries like mine (which is honestly often the case).

Re: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company internationally?

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Post by idontwantthis »

anonymous2324 wrote: post #31
idontwantthis wrote: post #21

I am. Full time US citizen software developer living in Asia for the past 3 years. Get paid to a US bank account. Country I’m in isn’t good at collecting taxes.

This doesn't really apply to me as I'm not a US Citizen or a Green Card holder, but out of curiosity. Are you on a payroll in your home state and pay state + federal taxes or are you paid as a contractor similar to what I do?

Yep on salary. Pay federal and state taxes but get almost all of it returned with FEIE.
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