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    legal opinion please...

    alright im working on a site currently. Some of my employees are out of the country (being the usa). Now how would I go about filing taxes for them? I don't want legal advice just want peoples opinion
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    My opinion is to get legal advice from a lawyer. Never mess with the IRS, it's best to get things right the first time around.

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    My legal advice is to pay them under the table and make sure you cc all correspondence about their pay with the IRS, that way the IRS knows you are paying them under the table.

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    Originally posted by flitcher
    My opinion is to get legal advice from a lawyer. Never mess with the IRS, it's best to get things right the first time around.

    lol well thats exactly what im trying to do is get things right the first time thanks for your response
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    Originally posted by uuallan


    <beware when asking for legal advice from a message board>

    Agreed. Beware of asking any serious/important opinion from a message board. (Gotta double check).


    Anyway I also wanted to know if we pay taxes for an online hosting business ?

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    I would asume that it really depends on how their classified. You could do it like many people do it here in the US.

    A lot of people work as an independant contractor. Which pretty much means you tell the IRS that you paid Company X (owned by the employee/contractor) X amount and then they go after them for the taxes. Although you can't really set hours for contractors etc other than total work time (i.e. you can tell them they can work 40 hours a week but you can't tell them they have to work those from 8-5). Its also called reporting taxes on 1099's.

    But I'm not sure how that would apply with a company outside of the US.

    As the others said, consult a laywer or accountant
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    I'm confused.
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    How do you know if you need a lawyer...

    You have three rules to follow.


    1) If you think you need one. You do
    2) Your in handcuffs
    3) If your talking to a lawyer.
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    I heard lawyers rip you off in terms of money?
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    Thats typical of many lawyers, but when you need their advice or knowedge you need it.

    However, in this case I'd recommend an accountant over a lawyer as accountants deal with taxes more than lawyers.
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    Originally posted by DanielP

    However, in this case I'd recommend an accountant over a lawyer as accountants deal with taxes more than lawyers.
    Unless of course you are talking about a Tax Attorney .

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    Are your "out of country" employees US citizens? If so, you probably file a W2 on them like you would if they were in the US.
    If they aren't US citizens, they don't have to pay US taxes but may have to pay taxes in their country.
    Ask your bank or a bank that has international branches. You'll need to talk to one of the "business banking" people but they should know.
    Check with the Small Business Administration. They probably have the information.
    SCORE (Service Corp of Retired Executives) is another good source.
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    No legal advice here, but I was out of country for a while and when I came back, I had to send a copy of my passport and there was an extra $50 fee for being late, that's about it.

    Now being as a boss........never mind, just go to H&R or something, they know these things.

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    I would definitely recommend talking to an accountant about it.

    Their are to many things that come into play as far as that goes.
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