[asterisk-biz] OT: Paying people in faraway (Western) places.

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Is this the real reason ITIN was invented by the IRS?

On Wed, Jan 7, 2009 at 6:41 PM, Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com> wrote:
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> Subject: OT: Paying people in faraway (Western) places.
> Date: Wed, 07 Jan 2009 18:41:34 -0500
> From: Alex Balashov <abalashov at evaristesys.com>
> To: Asterisk Developers list <asterisk-dev at lists.digium.com>
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> Hi everyone,
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> I have what must be an incredibly, astoundingly stupid question, but
> I've never really dealt with it before and it's come up.
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> For those of you based in the US, how do you pay employees outside the
> country?  And, I do mean employees, not contractors, staffing firms,
> body shops, consultants, or any of the stuff that comes with offshoring.
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> In this case, the question is paying someone in Britain, so asking
> people who have Third World offshoring experience might be a little
> misplaced and that is why I am asking here instead.
>
> What's the best practice to pay a remote employee in the UK a paycheck?
>  Paypal aside, how's it done?  I am assuming bank wire.  How does that
> interact with withholding and taxes?  Obviously, I can't withhold UK
> taxes for them and remand them to its government, so are they
> responsible for doing it themselves like 1099ers in the US?  What do I
> need to tell them?  Any non-obvious gotchas?
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> Thanks!
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