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International Assignments - Business Travelers Go Global: Managing the Risks

For many businesses, the short term business traveler is an essential resource. In this session, we will explore these risks from an individual tax compliance perspective together with the employer tax costs and permanent establishment (PE) issues.

International Assignments Business Travelers Go Global: Managing the Risks

15 September 2015
Host: Don Riegger
Presenters: Russell Bird, Daniel Walker, and Hong Ye

For many businesses, the short term business traveler is an essential resource. However, encouraging employees to travel across international borders fulfilling immediate business staffing needs or meeting with overseas colleagues or clients inevitably presents tax compliance risks. Employees working in multiple locations are often senior executives whose cross-border travel is rarely covered by an international assignment policy. They typically do not cease home location tax residence yet can still trigger tax obligations and liabilities in other jurisdictions, both for themselves as employees, and for their employer. In this session, we will explore these risks from an individual tax compliance perspective together with the employer tax costs and permanent establishment (PE) issues. We'll discuss:

  • Who are short term business travelers and what are the key issues which companies struggle with to manage business traveler risk?
  • What are the factors driving companies to take action?
  • What data sources can help companies in managing this population and the associated risk?
  • Case studies of business travelers moving around Asia Pacific creating PE / corporate tax risks, individual and employer tax obligations, and immigration issues.

Discover the risks and possible solutions to ensure employees and employers comply with global tax obligations.

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