Re:Ask HN: What is the best jurisdiction for internationally...
by lbotos on Saturday June 04, 2022 @11:43AM
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1. I'm not a lawyer.
2. If you want to hire someone abroad (outside of the business' country) then contractor.
3. If you hire enough contractors, you may be forced to set up an entity or use a PEO. Local governments see that as skirting employment law.
(I work at an all-remote company that is pretty transparent, and people lambast us all the time because they are upset we don't hire in $a_country_they_think_we_should and it's almost always "tax and labor law is complex, we can't hire there until we understand the implications better.")
2. If you want to hire someone abroad (outside of the business' country) then contractor.
3. If you hire enough contractors, you may be forced to set up an entity or use a PEO. Local governments see that as skirting employment law.
(I work at an all-remote company that is pretty transparent, and people lambast us all the time because they are upset we don't hire in $a_country_they_think_we_should and it's almost always "tax and labor law is complex, we can't hire there until we understand the implications better.")