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I need to convince my company to allow me to be a contractor. I understand moving to an hourly rate for my base salary but what happens to commission. Do I get it outright and set aside the taxes for it?

It seems that becoming a contractor is the best thing to do in order to stay working for the same company that does not permit working abroad.

I can’t not tell them, it’s a tech company, they will find out lol.

Putting a whole deck presentation that highlights the benefits and their options. It will cover that I have international accounts and can talk to them in their time zone, I will work the same US hours, fly myself in or pay 50% of travel for onsite visits, and the benefits of being a contractor so there are no legal/tax ramifications. Add anything else?

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[–] Philip3197@alien.top 1 points 11 months ago

You want to be become a non-employee, remote collaborator, abroad.

Does your company allow you to these aspects independently? Do they have people working as contractor? Do they have people working remotely? Do they have people working abroad? All of this in a role similar as you?

There are a number of reasons (*) an employer does not want to deal with all consequences of an employee working abroad. As non-employee abroad you will need to deal with yourself; for the countries that you are working from.

If you want them to go along with this, you will need to convince them that you are/will be covering all of this yourself.

Think: contractual agreements as non-employee, right to work, all practical aspects of working 'very' remote (connectivity, availability, accessibility, confidentiality, ... ), taxes ( theirs and yours), contributions ( theirs and yours) for healthcare + social security.

Check your contract and employee handbook for aspects that your company find important.