ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AUTOMATION: THE OFTEN NEGLECTED OPPORTUNITY
The past ten to fifteen years have seen significant advancement in the body of knowledge around best practices in Accounts Payable processing. Despite all of that expertise available to anyone…
Read more »WILL YOU BE HIT WITH ADDITIONAL TAXES DUE TO THE ACA?
In 2013 much was made of the impact of new taxes, especially those affecting high income earners, flowing out of the Affordable Care Act to aid in funding insurance coverage…
Read more »THE RPO: A FOREIGN COMPANY’S BEST ASSET WHEN EXPANDING RAPIDLY INTO THE US
Newly established US offices of foreign-based companies operate with minimal oversight and sometimes even less support. While modern communications – such as video conferencing, instant messaging and constant connectivity through…
Read more »THE G20 AND INTERNATIONAL TAX REFORM
Lawmakers seem to feel that by calling companies to testify publicly about their tax affairs they will suffer reputational damage that will cause them to change their behavior. Tim Cook,…
Read more »WHAT FOREIGN COMPANIES SHOULD KNOW ABOUT HIRING PRACTICES IN THE U.S. (PART 1 OF 2)
In a previous post I talked about how an Employee Handbook enables a foreign company to focus itself on those U.S. employment laws and regulations that are most relevant to its activities…
Read more »THE NEW “BUSINESS-ATTRACTIVE” UK
“Have you looked at the business-attractive UK?” If someone had said that to me 10 years ago I would probably have chuckled. Recently though I attended a webinar put on…
Read more »TRADEOFFS IN OFFSHORE MANUFACTURING
Often, companies desiring to expand into new international markets are at a competitive disadvantage due to tariffs on imported goods. Sometimes, producing your product in a trade area can provide…
Read more »GETTING YOUR FOOT IN THE DOOR AS AN INTERNATIONAL CANDIDATE
I recently attended a panel presentation on recruitment of international candidates. The panel included an in-house recruiter, a retained search recruiter and an international candidate who had been successfully recruited…
Read more »WHAT FOREIGN COMPANIES SHOULD KNOW ABOUT SALES & USE TAXES WHEN SETTING UP U.S. OPERATIONS
Many of my clients from Europe have knowledge of and experience working with VAT. As a result they often mistakenly assume, at their peril, that U.S. sales and use taxes…
Read more »BUILDING INTERNATIONAL TAX STRUCTURES
Business decision makers are often perplexed by tax issues, especially international ones. While “keeping it simple” is often desirable in business the reality is that some aspects of running an…
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