Although expats are an inescapable part of today’s corporate landscape, a number of factors often remain unclear. They include questions on topics like salary calculation, the correct social security system for the employee as well as on tax withholdings.
The challenge lay in ensuring that the assignment contract, taxation and social security are in harmony – and this challenge is often far greater than initially anticipated. The company is often primarily concerned with compliance (e.g. wage tax liability). The employee and, if applicable, his/her family often make remaining part of their home country’s social security system a condition for going abroad.
This is our specialty. We offer professional support in all matters and questions related to employees’ foreign assignments. Our consultation applies established processes without making any structural changes.
We are experts in applying labour law to assignment contracts, in consulting on matters related to taxation and social security for assignments abroad as well as legal questions on income taxation.
We will work with you to analyse the departments that are affected by the foreign assignment(s), to develop strategic solutions and to implement the processes you need for your foreign assignments.
- Entry / immigration regulations and conditions, work visa
- Consultation and development of assignment contracts
- Required social security applications for sending employees abroad
- Salary calculation and allocation
- Advisory in wage tax withholdings and social security
- Preparation of income tax returns for your employees
- Computation of Hypothetical Taxation
- Allocation of performance and reward components