{"id":80,"date":"2014-09-17T15:15:56","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T13:15:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.stb-brune.de\/?page_id=80"},"modified":"2015-01-04T20:32:48","modified_gmt":"2015-01-04T18:32:48","slug":"expat-advice","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.stb-brune.de\/en\/services\/expat-advice\/","title":{"rendered":"Expat Advice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"marginBottom35\">An assignment of employees to a foreign country is a challenge not only for the employee but also for the assigning company:<br \/>\nThe employee not only faces a new workplace, but a whole new culture that in most cases he doesn&#8217;t even speak the language of. Besides coordinating the move, he needs to take care of several authorities with regard to residence permit or work permit.<\/p>\n<h2>Furthermore, he might ask questions as follows<\/h2>\n<div class=\"columnOneHalf\">\n<ul class=\"marginBottom35\">\n<li>Do I need to pay taxes in my home country or in the host country?<\/li>\n<li>Which amount of taxes do I need to pay in the host country?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"columnOneHalf lastColumn clearfix\">\n<ul class=\"marginBottom35\">\n<li>Can I remain contributing to my home social security?<\/li>\n<li>Is my working contract valid during assignment without restrictions?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<h2>The assigning company will face similar questions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"columnOneHalf\">\n<ul class=\"marginBottom35\">\n<li>Do I need to withhold wage tax for the assigned employee?<\/li>\n<li>And social security contributions?<\/li>\n<li>Are allowances granted to the employee during is assignment subject to income tax and\/or social security either in the home or the host country?<\/li>\n<li>Is it beneficial to make a net salary agreement?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"columnOneHalf lastColumn clearfix\">\n<ul class=\"marginBottom35\">\n<li>If yes, how is the hypothetical tax calculated?<\/li>\n<li>How can the income tax in the host country be minimized that needs to be paid by the company if a net salary agreement exists?<\/li>\n<li>To which authority will taxes and social security contributions be paid?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n<h2>Based on many years of experience in assignment solutions we can provide help (if necessary combined with a network of in- and outbound experts) with the following<\/h2>\n<div class=\"columnOneHalf\">\n<ul>\n<li>Tax optimization of expat remuneration before and during assignment (Salary-split, tax free allowances etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Social security optimization during assignment<\/li>\n<li>Necessary declarations at tax and social security authorities<\/li>\n<li>Establishment of (shadow-)payroll<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"columnOneHalf lastColumn clearfix\">\n<ul>\n<li>Annual tax-equalizations (if net salary agreement exists)<\/li>\n<li>Review of working contracts before\/during assignment<\/li>\n<li>Preparation of tax returns<\/li>\n<li>Preparation\/Review of company policies (Net salary agreement, remuneration policy etc.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An assignment of employees to a foreign country is a challenge not only for the employee but also for the assigning company: The employee not only faces a new workplace, but a whole new culture that in most cases he doesn&#8217;t even speak the language of. Besides coordinating the move, he needs to take care [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":69,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-80","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stb-brune.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stb-brune.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stb-brune.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stb-brune.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stb-brune.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=80"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.stb-brune.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":394,"href":"https:\/\/www.stb-brune.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/80\/revisions\/394"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.stb-brune.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/69"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.stb-brune.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=80"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}