23 Work from Anywhere Arrangements - Minimising the tax risk (Webinar Recording)
excl. GST - Broadcast Date: 25 October 2023
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Product Description
New Zealand employers. Are your employees asking to work while travelling? Are you needing to look overseas to hire employees, but finding they want to stay working remotely?
We are finding these very questions are being asked frequently. However, getting this wrong can expose both employer and employee to unexpected tax risk. In this webinar, we will bring in practical tips which will enable you to establish or refine your flexible working policies, to determine whether to grant or decline requests from employees, and overall protect both your business and your employees from unexpected surprises.
Topics to be covered include:
• Employees ordinarily New Zealand tax resident working offshore in both DTA and non-DTA countries
• Employees ordinarily elsewhere working in New Zealand
• Employee verses contractor considerations, and implications
• Allowances and extra pay differences
• Remote payroll options
• Taxable presence (permanent establishment) considerations when employees are in country;
• Withholding tax implications; and
• Contingency planning – managing tax consequences.
This course will not cover non-tax considerations in detail.
Upon satisfactory completion of this activity you will be able to:
• Make informed decisions when employees request remote working arrangements
• Prepare / refine flexible working policies
• Know when further investigation may be required if wanting to accommodate an employee’s request
• Take steps to mitigate the potential for your firm to have a taxable presence in an unwanted situation, and understand what activities may lead to a taxable presence
Total of CPD Hours: 1.25 (1 Hour 15 min)
Suited to:
This course is targeted towards HR specialists, particularly inhouse HR specialists, as it is these professionals that are often the decision makers around these decisions. However, this course may be useful for:
• Payroll professionals
• Inhouse finance teams
• Accountants, tax advisors, and external HR advisors who may be approached to advise on these matters
PRESENTER:
Richard Muth, Senior Manager – Tax Advisory, Findex/Crowe
Richard Muth is an experienced taxation practitioner at Findex / Crowe having more than 10 years of experience with clients ranging from large multinational groups, Australasian groups, New Zealand based SMEs along with high net worth individuals.
A core specialty of Richard’s is helping those who are looking to call New Zealand home understand what this means for them from a tax viewpoint. Richard also helps those looking to take up opportunities overseas understand how New Zealand will or will not tax them while they are away.